Question

in Python, you could do something like this:

class SomeClass(object): pass
s = SomeClass
someClassInstance = s()

How could you accomplish the same effect in PHP? From what I understand, you cannot do this? Is this true?

Answer 1

You can create instances of dynamic class names; simply pass the name of the class as a string:

class SomeClass {}
$s = 'SomeClass';
$someClassInstance = new $s();