PHP get class from stored string of full class path

Question

I store a PHP Class name with the namespace as a string, in my database. Example: "App\Fields\TextField". Later on, based on that string, I want to read a static variable on the class, that the string defines. How could I do that?

Answer 1

You could actually just reach your variable like this:

namespace Foo;

class Test {

    public static $foo = "BAR";

}

$string = "Foo\Test";

var_dump($string::$foo); // Output: BAR