Concatenating object methods

I'm using PHP 5.2.

I've created classes to embody HTML elements for a particular project
I'm currently working on.

All setter methods in the classes return $this so that I can string
the
methods together in an attempt to reduce "page bloat".

[code]
// create a text link
$link1 = new htmlElement("a");
$link1->addAttribute("href", "http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/
~iccarter")
->addAttribute("target","_blank")->addAttribute("name",
"htmlElement1");
echo $link1->addContent("My personal web site")."<br><br>\n";
[/code]

My anchor element is duly output exactly as expected.

A question naturally arises from this. Is there a way to do the
following?...

[code]
$link1 = new htmlElement("a")->setAttribute("name", "value");

or

($link1 = new htmlElement("a"))->setAttribute("name", "value");
[/code]

It's not an issue. I'm just curious.

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