instantiate a class from a variable in PHP?

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Put the classname into a variable first:

$classname=$var.'Class';

$bar=new $classname("xyz");

This is often the sort of thing you’ll see wrapped up in a Factory pattern.

See Namespaces and dynamic language features for further details.

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