[PHP-BUG] Bug #72903 [NEW]: $objInstance->memberObj::$staticVar yields syntax error

From:             dliebner at gmail dot com
Operating system: CentOS
PHP version:      5.6.25
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:$objInstance->memberObj::$staticVar yields syntax error

Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.oop5.static
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Code sample below yields 'unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM' syntax
error.

Test script:
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<?php 

class MyClass {
	
	public static $var = 'yay!';
	public $childClass;
	
	public function __construct() {
		
		$this->childClass = new ChildClass();
		
	}
	
}

class ChildClass {
	
	public static $var = 'yay?';
	
}

$obj = new MyClass();

echo $obj::$var; // works
echo $obj->childClass::$var; // syntax error

?>

Expected result:
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yay!yay?

Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '::' (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM),
expecting ',' or ';' in __FILE__ on line 25

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Fixed in SVN:               https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=fixed
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Need Reproduce Script:      https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=needscript
Try newer version:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=support
Expected behavior:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=php4
Daylight Savings:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=dst
IIS Stability:              https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=float
No Zend Extensions:         https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=mysqlcfg