diff --git a/src/main/php/lang/ast/emit/PHP.class.php b/src/main/php/lang/ast/emit/PHP.class.php
index b542850f..7c274d95 100755
--- a/src/main/php/lang/ast/emit/PHP.class.php
+++ b/src/main/php/lang/ast/emit/PHP.class.php
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ protected function emitCast($result, $cast) {
     static $native= ['string' => true, 'int' => true, 'float' => true, 'bool' => true, 'array' => true, 'object' => true];
 
     $name= $cast->type->name();
-    if ('?' === $name{0}) {
+    if ('?' === $name[0]) {
       $result->out->write('cast(');
       $this->emitOne($result, $cast->expression);
       $result->out->write(',\''.$name.'\', false)');
@@ -662,9 +662,18 @@ protected function emitArguments($result, $arguments) {
   }
 
   protected function emitNew($result, $new) {
-    $result->out->write('new '.$new->type.'(');
-    $this->emitArguments($result, $new->arguments);
-    $result->out->write(')');
+    if ($new->type instanceof Node) {
+      $t= $result->temp();
+      $result->out->write('('.$t.'= ');
+      $this->emitOne($result, $new->type);
+      $result->out->write(') ? new '.$t.'(');
+      $this->emitArguments($result, $new->arguments);
+      $result->out->write(') : null');
+    } else {
+      $result->out->write('new '.$new->type.'(');
+      $this->emitArguments($result, $new->arguments);
+      $result->out->write(')');
+    }
   }
 
   protected function emitNewClass($result, $new) {
diff --git a/src/main/php/lang/ast/syntax/PHP.class.php b/src/main/php/lang/ast/syntax/PHP.class.php
index ea704d7a..38f3fe2c 100755
--- a/src/main/php/lang/ast/syntax/PHP.class.php
+++ b/src/main/php/lang/ast/syntax/PHP.class.php
@@ -281,19 +281,29 @@ public function __construct() {
     });
 
     $this->prefix('new', 0, function($parse, $token) {
-      $type= $parse->token;
-      $parse->forward();
+      if ('(' === $parse->token->value) {
+        $parse->expecting('(', 'new type');
+        $type= $this->expression($parse, 0);
+        $parse->expecting(')', 'new type');
+      } else if ('variable' === $parse->token->kind) {
+        $type= '$'.$parse->token->value;
+        $parse->forward();
+      } else if ('class' === $parse->token->value) {
+        $type= null;
+        $parse->forward();
+      } else {
+        $type= $parse->scope->resolve($parse->token->value);
+        $parse->forward();
+      }
 
       $parse->expecting('(', 'new arguments');
       $arguments= $this->expressions($parse);
       $parse->expecting(')', 'new arguments');
 
-      if ('variable' === $type->kind) {
-        return new NewExpression('$'.$type->value, $arguments, $token->line);
-      } else if ('class' === $type->value) {
+      if (null === $type) {
         return new NewClassExpression($this->clazz($parse, null), $arguments, $token->line);
       } else {
-        return new NewExpression($parse->scope->resolve($type->value), $arguments, $token->line);
+        return new NewExpression($type, $arguments, $token->line);
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/src/test/php/lang/ast/unittest/emit/InstantiationTest.class.php b/src/test/php/lang/ast/unittest/emit/InstantiationTest.class.php
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ce4af54d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/php/lang/ast/unittest/emit/InstantiationTest.class.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php namespace lang\ast\unittest\emit;
+
+use unittest\Assert;
+use util\Date;
+
+class InstantiationTest extends EmittingTest {
+
+  #[@test]
+  public function new_type() {
+    $r= $this->run('class <T> {
+      public function run() {
+        return new \\util\\Date();
+      }
+    }');
+    Assert::instance(Date::class, $r);
+  }
+
+  #[@test]
+  public function new_var() {
+    $r= $this->run('class <T> {
+      public function run() {
+        $class= \\util\\Date::class;
+        return new $class();
+      }
+    }');
+    Assert::instance(Date::class, $r);
+  }
+
+  #[@test]
+  public function new_expr() {
+    $r= $this->run('class <T> {
+      private function factory() { return \\util\\Date::class; }
+
+      public function run() {
+        return new ($this->factory())();
+      }
+    }');
+    Assert::instance(Date::class, $r);
+  }
+
+  #[@test]
+  public function passing_argument() {
+    $r= $this->run('class <T> {
+      public $value;
+
+      public function __construct($value= null) { $this->value= $value; }
+
+      public function run() {
+        return new self("Test");
+      }
+    }');
+    Assert::equals('Test', $r->value);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/php/lang/ast/unittest/parse/OperatorTest.class.php b/src/test/php/lang/ast/unittest/parse/OperatorTest.class.php
index 81ce8177..c979722f 100755
--- a/src/test/php/lang/ast/unittest/parse/OperatorTest.class.php
+++ b/src/test/php/lang/ast/unittest/parse/OperatorTest.class.php
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ public function new_type() {
     );
   }
 
+  #[@test]
+  public function new_var() {
+    $this->assertParsed(
+      [new NewExpression('$class', [], self::LINE)],
+      'new $class();'
+    );
+  }
+
+  #[@test]
+  public function new_expr() {
+    $this->assertParsed(
+      [new NewExpression(new InvokeExpression(new Literal('factory', self::LINE), [], self::LINE), [], self::LINE)],
+      'new (factory())();'
+    );
+  }
+
   #[@test]
   public function new_type_with_args() {
     $this->assertParsed(