chaining of -> operator

[Phil Roberts]

With total disregard for any kind of safety measures Chris Laird
<chris@SPAM.pocketGUARDfluff.net> leapt forth and uttered:

> I'm getting a parse error using -> to refer to a method of an
> object that is returned from a method call.
>
> Example code:
>
> class A {
> function &getB() {
> return new B();
> }
> }
>
> class B {
> function two() {
> return 2;
> }
> }
>
> $a = &new A();
> //all of these cause a parse error:
> echo $a->getB()->two();
> echo ($a->getB())->two();
> echo ${a->getB()}->two();
>
> //using an intermediate variable works fine:
> $b = &$a->getB();
> echo $b->two();
>
>
>
> Can anybody help me out with the correct syntax here? I must be
> missing something simple surely.
>
>
> chris
>

PHP4 doesn't support the usage of $obj->one()->two()

I think PHP5 will allow this behaviour though.

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[Louis-Philippe Huberdeau]

Phil Roberts wrote:

> With total disregard for any kind of safety measures Chris Laird
> <chris@SPAM.pocketGUARDfluff.net> leapt forth and uttered:
>
>

>>I'm getting a parse error using -> to refer to a method of an
>>object that is returned from a method call.
>>
>>Example code:
>>
>>class A {
>> function &getB() {
>> return new B();
>> }
>>}
>>
>>class B {
>> function two() {
>> return 2;
>> }
>>}
>>
>>$a = &new A();
>>//all of these cause a parse error:
>>echo $a->getB()->two();
>>echo ($a->getB())->two();
>>echo ${a->getB()}->two();
>>
>>//using an intermediate variable works fine:
>>$b = &$a->getB();
>>echo $b->two();
>>
>>
>>
>>Can anybody help me out with the correct syntax here? I must be
>>missing something simple surely.
>>
>>
>>chris
>>

>
>
> PHP4 doesn't support the usage of $obj->one()->two()
>
> I think PHP5 will allow this behaviour though.

I confirm that one. I just love that feature.

>