How to call a dynamic function?

acidbox

I am trying to instantiate a new class dynamically via a variable. For instance, if I set $do as "post", I want to run new post_controller();

I keep getting a parse error, not sure of the syntax. Can someone help me out? Here is what I have

<?php
$do = "post";

${$do} = new $do . _controller(); //Parse error
${$do} = new {$do . "_controller()"}; //parse error
//Not sure what else to try???
?>

Thanks...

konsu

did you try

new ($do . '_controller')();

acidbox

konsu wrote:
did you try
new ($do . '_controller')();

That resulted in a parse error as well.

konsu

ok, then how about

$class = $do . '_controller';
new $class();

acidbox

konsu wrote:
ok, then how about
$class = $do . '_controller';
new $class();  

That worked. Thanks.

madcitysw

Was running into the same problem and thanks for the tip 😃