Question

This is what I’d like to do:

$app = (new Factory())->GetApp();

However, I get an “unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR” error.

To avoid this, I have to do:

$Factory = new Factory();
$app = $Factory->GetApp();

Why is this necessary? I’m running PHP 5.2 if it makes any difference.

Answer 1

A slightly tautological answer, but it’s because that’s not supported in PHP 5.2.

However, it is in PHP 5.4 – see http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration54.other.php

Added class member access on instantiation (e.g. (new foo)->bar())
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