Question

Which one of the following can be used to instantiate an object in PHP assuming class name to be Foo?

(a) $obj = new $foo;

(b) $obj = new foo;

(c) $obj = new foo ();

(d) obj = new foo ();

The question was posed to me in homework.

This intriguing question comes from Basics of Object-Oriented PHP- 1 topic in division Object-Oriented PHP of PHP

Answer 1

Correct answer is (c) $obj = new foo ();

Best explanation: To create a new object in PHP we can use the new statement to instantiate a class.