Inline PHP clone

Question

When trying to do this in PHP 5.2.9:

$foo = (clone $template)->bar();

PHP gives me a syntax error:

Parser error "';' expected after expression (Found token: ->)"

Am I doing something wrong? or is there simply no way to clone an object inline, such that I would have to split my statement into two lines?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, PHP does not allow that syntax (in any version). As an alternative to breaking it into two lines, you can do this:

$foo = call_user_func(array(clone $template, 'bar'));

Answer 2

class X {
    public function foo(){
        echo 'inline clone';
    }
}

$x = new X;

$y = clone $x and $y->foo(); // "inline clone"