> The 'new' keyword has to apply to the object created in the constructor (and > not the return value of any of the follow-up calls.) To establish this > precedence, chaining wasn't allowed on constructors. If precedence was the issue, why doesn't this work, either: (new bob())->one()->two() ? Or, rather, why couldn't that have been taken into consideration? thnx, Christoph -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php