Call Method On New

It was not possible to call a method directly after instantiating an object: the instantiation had to be done within a parenthesis.

In PHP 8.4, it is now possible to call directly a method after instantiation, as long as the new call includes the parenthesises.

PHP code

<?php

class x {}

new x()->a();

// This is not possible: it's missing the parenthesis
//new x->a();

?>

Before

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected token -> in /codes/newThenMethodCall.php on line 3

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token -> in /codes/newThenMethodCall.php on line 3

After

PHP version change

This behavior changed in 8.4