Thank you all for your responses. It was indeed an error elsewhere in my code.
Daniel Watrous ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Fonda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Curt Zirzow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] classes in php5 > <?php > class Foo > { } > $className = "Foo"; > $fooInstance = new $className; > ?> > Works fine for me. It still works if you add methods or properties to > Foo as well, I'm not sure why it wouldn't work for you, possibly you > have another error along the lines somewhere. I am on PHP 5.0.1 BTW > > > On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 19:42, Curt Zirzow wrote: > > * Thus wrote Daniel Watrous: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I have a class Foo. In PHP4 I could create an instance of Foo in the following manner: > > > $className = "Foo"; > > > $fooInstance = new $className; > > > > > > This would yield the same result as: > > > $fooInstance = new Foo; > > > > Can you provide the definition of your class Foo. what you describe > > works find in php5. > > > > Curt > > -- > > The above comments may offend you. flame at will. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php