You can use reflection like:
$reflect = new ReflectionClass($class);
$instance = $reflect->newInstanceArgs($args);
As of PHP 5.6.0, the ...
operator can also be used for this purpose.
$instance = new $class(...$args);
if(version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.6.0', '>=')){
$instance = new $class(...$args);
} else {
$reflect = new ReflectionClass($class);
$instance = $reflect->newInstanceArgs($args);
}