get("test")->print();

[Anon]

ok, something like this seems like it should work. Here is the situation:

I have a class that can print().

I have a function that returns an instance of this class, called get($str).

if i do something like this:

get("test")->print();

to call print from the class returned by get, then it gives a syntax error.

but if I do this:

$test = get("test");
$test->print();

it works fine.

So my question is, why doesn't it work without the intermediate variable? Is there a way to make is work like I want it?

I don't want to have to use that extra variable because it should work fine without it. (like in C++)

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PHP simply does not let you do that.
You will have to use an intermediate var.

The same goes for functions that return arrays, you cannot access elements of that array directly.

(and in my humble opinion these are good things. The direct method is far too 'convenient', making it very tempting to access all of the methods in that manner, forcing the executionn of the function over and over for absolutely no reason.)