Hi Andrea, Sebastian
2017-07-06 1:12 GMT+02:00 Andrea Faulds <a...@ajf.me>:
> Hi Sebastian,
>
> Sebastian Bergmann wrote:
>>
>> Is it intentional that the DOUBLE_COLON operator can be used on a
>> variable that contains a reference to an object?
>
>
> I assume so. It wouldn't be the only place that accepts either a class name
> or an object of that class.
Thinking about it, couldn't this have been a side effect of the
"Dynamic access to static methods", available as of PHP 5.3:
<?php
class C {
public static $foo = 123;
}
$a = "C";
echo $a::$foo;
?>
--
regards,
Kalle Sommer Nielsen
ka...@php.net
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