<?php
class foo {
public static function who(){
return __CLASS__;
}
static public function create($params = array()){
$class = self::who();
return new $class($params);
}
}
class bar extends foo {}
print_r(foo::create());
print_r(bar::create());
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in <b>/in/TUZ1p</b> on line <b>3</b><br />
Process exited with code 255.
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in <b>/in/TUZ1p</b> on line <b>3</b><br />
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.3.2 - 4.3.4
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or `T_FUNCTION' or `T_VAR' or `'}'' in <b>/in/TUZ1p</b> on line <b>3</b><br />
Process exited with code 255.