Strange 
Just tested out same sample code with fresh testdrive webapp with Yii 1.1.2
Welcome to My Web Application
STextSpinner:
Parse error: parse error in C:\wamp\www\yii112\testdrive\protected\extensions\spinner\STextSpinner.php on line 126
I’m running Wamp on Windows for testing purpose but previously with 1.0.11 no such problem seemed to arise
CoLT