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ID: 40837 Comment by: dmittner at llnw dot com Reported by: nick dot telford at gmail dot com Summary: static and non-static functions can't have the same name Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Class/Object related Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: 5.2.1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I've got to add my vote to this feature. My use case consists of data validation methods. If called statically the validation tests are limited to things like string length, contents, etc. If called on an object it would include those tests (probably calling the static form of itself) and also comparative tests to other object conditions. I sympathize with backwards compatibility but sometimes you have to push forward. Case and point, some people I know are working with a Java-based system that doesn't support Java 7, so when building new servers they have to explicitly install an older version. Cutting a line between major PHP versions seems similarly viable. I'd also cite Magic Quotes which are completely removed in 5.4, which could similarly break older PHP4 compatibility. The precedent is set. Failing all that, how about a configuration option? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-20 02:13:10] capitaine dot gloumi at gmail dot com The "backward compatibility" should set to deprecated any static call of object method, and use it IF NO static method with the same name exist. I use static method and object method with same name in lot of paterns, it's useful in lot of case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-19 03:27:35] ahar...@php.net If a class is namespaced, by definition it isn't PHP 4 compatible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-15 23:23:31] jpmarois at hotmail dot com ahar...@php.net: Sure, go Microsoft's way and move forward by staying behind for the sake of "compatibility". Please explain why, "As of PHP 5.3.3, methods with the same name as the last element of a namespaced class name will no longer be treated as constructor.". If PHP wont even initialize a "compatible" PHP 4 class anymore, how is it relevant to preserve instance methods being called statically? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-11 01:59:54] ahar...@php.net It breaks compatibility with any PHP 4 compatible code that uses static method calls. That's (obviously) less important than it once was, but there's still plenty of legacy code out there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-10 15:29:23] mac at macnewbold dot com ahar...@php.net : What would the impacts be of deprecating static calls to non-static methods? They would seem to not make much sense, since any uses of $this inside the method (which would be pretty typical since it is a non-static method) would fail with "Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context". What is the value of being able to attempt a static call on a non-static method? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40837 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40837&edit=1