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PHP: How to chain method on a newly created object?

I can create an instance and call it’s method via:

$newObj = new ClassName();
$newObj -> someMethod();

But is there any way I can do it in a shorter notation, an anonymous instance? I tried this:

(new ClassName())->someMethod();

But it doesn’t seem to work as expected.

Additional Info: The method I want to call is public but not static.

Answer 1

Not that i know of.

But! – You could implement a Singleton Pattern and then call:

ClassName::getInstance()->someMethod();

Or, to cut it short 😉

ClassName::gI()->someMethod();

If someMethod does not refer to $this, you could also simply call it as a static function, though it wasn’t defined as one:

ClassName::someMethod();