Can I use a string variable to initialize a class in PHP?

Question

I'd like to use a string variable to initialize an object. Is something like this possible?

$class = "MyClass";
$x = new $class();
return $x;

Edit: Ha, so when I tried to test this and it didn't work I had a syntax error somewhere else in my script. Apparently this works just fine. Neat.

Jaydeep Rajput · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-11 01:53:41Z

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Yes. Its possible in PHP.

$className = 'MyClass';
$object = new $className;

Attaching PHP documentation snippet on new operator

answered Apr 11, 2017 at 1:36

Jaydeep Rajput

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Why need to remove bracket ! I want to know !

Actually it works with Brackets as well, updated the answer.