I want to call a class object, being the class name a given parameter

Question

Hi,

I want to do something like this: (in php)

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$a = "class_name1";

$b = "class_name2";

$object1 = new $a;

$object2 = new $b

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is this possible?

thank you very much for your time

Answer 1

Yes:

class A {
   public function foo(){
       echo 'bar';
   } 
}

$a = 'A';
$object = new $a();
$object->foo();

outputs

bar

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You can test such things by yourself very fast on codepad.