Declaring variable as PHP class

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I have a variable called $theclass and it's a string "Home_class". How can I define a class out of that string? The reason I need to do this is that the variable will change and I want to be able to declare the class that the variable is equal to.

possible duplicate of [instantiate a class from a variable in PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/534159/instantiate-a-class-from-a-variable-in-php) — user229044, Jun 12 '10 at 03:27

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 12 '10 at 03:17

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Use the new keyword.

$theclass = 'My_class';
$x = new $theclass(); // $x is now an instance of My_class

answered Jun 12 '10 at 03:17

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that works perfecly, I have to wait 11 minutes to mark answer as correct though. Thanks. – Raphael Caixeta Jun 12 '10 at 03:20

Declaring variable as PHP class

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