My example is only a shallow demonstration. My expectations are correct as per the PHP specifications. Regards Loknath Bharti > On May 16, 2015, at 21:57, Aziz Saleh <azizsaleh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@xxxxxx <mailto:cmbecker69@xxxxxx>> wrote: > Loknath Bharti wrote: > > > I have the following in a class : > > > > $this->modelHandler = Handler; > > $this->modelHandler::staticMethod(); > > > > I am receiving a parse error problem in the second line. > > > > Handler is a class definition, and staticMethod is a static method. Handler is assigned to class variable modelHandler, but the above will return a parse Error. At the same time if I assign $this->modelHandler to a variable and call the staticMethod on that it works without a problem. I would like to make the above work, because its superfluous to have to assign a class Variable to a local variable to access it. > > > > $this->modelHandler = Handler; > > $handler = $this->modelHandler; > > $handler::staticMethod(); > > > > The above works. Any insight into resolution by using something like {$this->modelHandler}::Handler would be appreciated. > > You'll probably have to wait for PHP 7.0.0: <http://3v4l.org/mkPYY <http://3v4l.org/mkPYY>>. :) > > -- > Christoph M. Becker > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/ <http://www.php.net/>) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php <http://www.php.net/unsub.php> > > > If it is a static method, why not just do: > > Handler::staticMethod(); > > No need to have any variables, you can straight out use the definition.