PHP dynamic class instantiation like Java

[Roger Vandervort]

I've leafed through the docs and user comments on php.net, but haven't
been able to find anything related to this.

Is there a way to dynamically instantiate a class, like you can in
Java with class.forName() ?
example:

$myclass = "Automobile ";
$func = "drive";

$myInstance = new $myclass;
call_user_metho d ($func, $myInstance); // i know this is deprecated.

[Louis-Philippe Huberdeau]

Re: PHP dynamic class instantiation like Java

Create a factory-like method that will return an instance of the class
and use call_user_func( ) with an array as the first parameter
(containing the class name and your factory method)

class foo
{
function factory()
{
return new foo();
}
}

$obj = call_user_func( array('foo', 'factory') );

--
Louis-Philippe Huberdeau

Roger Vandervort wrote:[color=blue]
> I've leafed through the docs and user comments on php.net, but haven't
> been able to find anything related to this.
>
> Is there a way to dynamically instantiate a class, like you can in
> Java with class.forName() ?
> example:
>
> $myclass = "Automobile ";
> $func = "drive";
>
> $myInstance = new $myclass;
> call_user_metho d ($func, $myInstance); // i know this is deprecated.[/color]

[Roger Vandervort]

Re: PHP dynamic class instantiation like Java

Louis-Philippe Huberdeau <lphuberdeau@sy mpatico.ca> wrote in message news:<qFJcb.656 1$1H3.424863@ne ws20.bellglobal .com>...[color=blue]
> Create a factory-like method that will return an instance of the class
> and use call_user_func( ) with an array as the first parameter
> (containing the class name and your factory method)
>
> class foo
> {
> function factory()
> {
> return new foo();
> }
> }
>
> $obj = call_user_func( array('foo', 'factory') );
>
> --
> Louis-Philippe Huberdeau
>
> Roger Vandervort wrote:[color=green]
> > I've leafed through the docs and user comments on php.net, but haven't
> > been able to find anything related to this.
> >
> > Is there a way to dynamically instantiate a class, like you can in
> > Java with class.forName() ?
> > example:
> >
> > $myclass = "Automobile ";
> > $func = "drive";
> >
> > $myInstance = new $myclass;
> > call_user_metho d ($func, $myInstance); // i know this is deprecated.[/color][/color]


Actually, I did determine that this does work:

class Automobile {
function myFunction($ech oString) { echo 'echoing
Automobile:'.$e choString; }
}

$myClass = "Automobile ";
$func = "myFunction ";
$param = 'Vroom...Vroom' ;
$myInstance = new $myClass;
call_user_funct ion(array(&$myC lass,$func),$pa ram); // will print
'echoing Automobile:Vroo m...Vroom';

Not sure which versions support this though.