Usually it is solved sending the $this instance to class C constructor and C object storing it in some attribute, solving the problem. I don't think a new keyword would help.
Juan Basso On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:53 PM, S.A.N <ua.san.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > The reason for creating circular references, usually due to the need to > bind objects. > > But this relationship can often be obtained from the context of the call. > > It will be very convenient to have a keyword that will return reference to > an object, which caused this object. > > Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker. > A simple example below shows the behavior that we need. > > <?php > > class A > { > public function __construct() { > $this->object = new C; > } > } > > class B > { > public function __construct() { > $this->object = new C; > } > } > > class C > { > public function getCaller() { > return caller::class; > } > } > > $a = new A; > $b = new B; > $c = new C; > > $a->object->getCaller(); // return A > $b->object->getCaller(); // return B > > $c->getCaller(); // Fatal Error - undefined caller context > > ?> > > Create a new keyword can cause problems with backward compatibility... > Perhaps you can solve a problem to using an existing keyword? > > Thank you for any feedback. >