Question

I’ve read about this interesting syntax in PHP:

$value = (new MyClass)->attribute1;

1. Is it ok to use it? I’ve never seen anything like this in any code I’ve analyzed. Any pros and cons?

2. Why can’t I set the attribute using this syntax? Structures like this:

   (new MyClass)->attribute1 = ‘value1’;

throw errors at ‘=’ sign, no matter if the attribute exists in the class already.

Answer 1

1. Well i don’t see the point of using it since you loose your reference to the object, you cannot use it anymore, and it breaks the OO concept.

2. I think (new MyClass)->attribute1 is resolved first, so it is the same as writing something like 42 = 12