Posted by Jochem Maas on 08/11/05 03:58

Eli wrote:
> Thomas Angst wrote:
> > Thanks for you answer, but sorry, I do not understand your hint. I tried
> > this code:
> > class test {
> > var $txt;
> > function test($txt) { $this->txt = $txt; }
> > function out() { echo $this->txt; }
> > }
> > $obj = call_user_func_array(array('test', 'test'), array('foobar'));
> > $obj->out();
> > But I'm getting an error while accessing the $this pointer in the
> > constructor.
>
> This will not work, since it is like calling a static class method, and
> $this is not allowed to be used in static methods.
>
> I solved this with eval() function.
> <?
> $obj_eval="return new $class(";
> for ($i=0; $i<count($args); $i++)
> $obj_eval.="\$args[$i],";
> $obj_eval=substr($obj_eval,0,-1).");";
> $obj=eval($obj_eval);
> ?>

I believe that this is the kind of clever, evil stuff the OP was trying to avoid...
(evil - eval :-) - besides eval is very slow - not something you (well me then) want to
use in a function dedicated to object creation which is comparatively slow anyway
(try comparing the speed of cloning and creating objects in php5 for instance

regardless - nice one for posting this Eli - I recommend anyone who doesn't understand
what he wrote to go and figure it out, good learning material :-)

>

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