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The two lines of code look very similar, except for the new operator. And they actually behave very differently.

Can you guess what is the difference of treatment?

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https://php-tips.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tips/method_or_property.html

@dseguy hmm, foo returns a classname and this gets instantiated by new?

But I cpuld also imagine some weird behavior where $object has a class name, which gets instantiated and then foo on this new instance is called

@Flyingmana are you sure both of them are method calls?

I mean, they look awfully like each other....

@dseguy I would expect it, but in such weird constructs I try to always add extra braces to make sure it does what I actually intend 😅

But that the second example might interpret foo as a property sounds scary

@Flyingmana I hear you. I like to showcase this kind of situations for education: better know them before they find you and bite you.

Although, I keep finding more, and more...

@dseguy there once was pho wtf collection with such things

@woodworker do you remember where?

@Flyingmana @dseguy @woodworker ... this one?

https://github.com/woodworker/WTF.php

@xris @Flyingmana @woodworker

Ah! How do I discover this 7 years too late?

"All the WTF of the PHP world" and there are only 3? Is there some more somewhere? Check the forks?

I have 170+ here, although some are actually diamonds in the rough. Let me introduce you to my little friend :

https://php-tips.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tipSection.html

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