PHP Feature Request #67200

<?php
/*  small script to demonstrate PHP Feature Request #67200
 *  Requested pseudo-variable to be added to PHP to reference parent instance like in line 14
 *  I realize this may not be the greatest example as dependency injection, however at a certain
 */ point, even dependency injection becomes too convoluted.

class player {
  private $name;
  private $number;
  private $teamName;
  public function __construct ($name, $number) {
    $this -> name = $name;
    $this -> number = $number;
    $this -> teamName = $parent -> getTeamName();
    return true;
  }
}
class team {
  protected $name;
  protected $players;
  public function __construct ($teamName) {
    $this -> teamName = $teamName;
    return true;
  }
  public function addPlayer($name, $number) {
    $this -> $players[$number] = new player($name, $number);
    return $this -> $players[$number];
  }
  public function getTeamName () {
    return $this -> name;
  }
}
$yankees = new team("New York Yankees");
$Jeter = $yankees -> addPlayer("Jeter", 2);
$Claiborne = $yankees -> addPlayer("Claiborne", 38);