Late static binding in closing PHP5.5 vs 5.6

Question

Why is new static in closure (in the method of the static class) equal to new self in PHP5.5, and is it correctly connected in PHP5.6?

Given:

 abstract class Parent { public function __construct($something) { $this->something = $something; } public static function make($array) { return array_map(function ($el) { return new static($el); }, $array); } } class Child extends Parent { } 

then

 Child::make($someArray); // PHP5.5 FatalError: cannot instantiate abstract class Parent // PHP5.6 works fine, as expected 

In 5.5, this will work as expected:

 public static function make($array) { $child = get_called_class(); return array_map(function ($el) use ($chlid) { return new $child($el); }, $array); } 

but why is this happening? I did not find any mention of php.net regarding static binding changes in 5.6.

Answer 1

This error seems to be fixed in 5.5.14 .