# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2007-04-18 04:59:48 -0400: > >So only one of these is "kosher" > >static: > >return Services_JSON::decode($data); > > > >class: > >$json = new Services_JSON; > >return $json->decode($data); > >but not both. > > I'm not trying to start (or further add fuel to) any kind of war but > instead an earnest question: why not both?
If you don't declare the method static, you might be using $this inside, possibly indirectly. class c { function f() { if (its_second_friday_this_year()) { return get_class($this); } return 'mostly harmless'; } function g() { return self::f(); } } c::g(); That's an incident waiting to happen, and forbidding static calls of instance methods is an (intended) anti-footshooting measure. -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php