variable ambiguity with oop

[.josh]

..or something like that. well basically I have this:

parent::$this->config['channel']

and i can't figure out how to put that inside double quotes.  It works just fine if I do this:

echo "blah " . parent::$this->config['channel'] . " more blah";

but I want it to look like this:

echo "blah parent::$this->config['channel'] more blah";

I tried these:
[code]
// <outputs it literally> parent::$this->config['channel']
echo "blah {parent::$this->config['channel']} more blah";

// <outputs it half literally> parent::#phpfreaks
echo "blah {parent::{$this->config['channel']}} more blah";

// <does the same thing as ^>
echo "blah parent::{$this->config['channel']} more blah";
[/code]

but i can't just simply do

{$this->config['channel']}

because it's being echoed inside a class extending another class, hence the parent::

where am i going wrong??

[joquius]

I believe you have to ". to add in the object, as php will always parse text:: as text no matter what follows. (given you're echoing something)

[.josh]

so you are saying there is no way to flag it somehow like with the { }  or something?

[joquius]

In the same way you cannot echo functions, you cannot echo objects, unless it's a reference or something.

Will this matter? Is there a reason it has to be inside the quotes?