Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40837&edit=1
ID: 40837
Comment by: martijntje at martijnotto dot nl
Reported by: nick dot telford at gmail dot com
Summary: static and non-static functions can't have the same
name
Status: Bogus
Type: Bug
Package: Class/Object related
Operating System: Irrelevant
PHP Version: 5.2.1
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
I have no idea why this bug is closed as 'bogus'. Just because the
documentation
states it is a certain way does not mean that it is right.
I, for one, believe that it should be possible to create both a static and a
member function with the same name. There would never be any confusion as to
which function should be called due to the difference of using the :: or ->
operator.
Previous Comments:
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[2007-03-16 17:40:02] he...@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php
.
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[2007-03-16 16:44:17] nick dot telford at gmail dot com
Description:
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When declaring two functions in a class (methods) non-static and static
functions may not use the same names.
While I understand this, this is essentially wrong since static methods and
non-static methods are entirely different.
This also leads me on to another bug/feature suggestion I'm about to file about
not being able to overload static attributes with __set/__get.
Reproduce code:
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class Example {
public static function test() {}
public function test() {}
}
$example = new Example();
$example->test();
Example::test();
Expected result:
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No errors, all methods called correctly.
Actual result:
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PHP errors with: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare Example::test()
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