Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40837&edit=1
ID: 40837 Comment by: info at renemaas dot de 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: Yeah this would be really helpful. I hope anybody of the PHP team will implement this kind of "stupid" feature. If not them please provide a "cool" solution for using static and non-static functions. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-12-21 18:26:14] mac at macnewbold dot com I agree with martijntje and nick.telford - the static function and normal function of the same name shouldn't have any conflict, and it would be extremely helpful to be able to define the same function for use both statically and non-statically. In the meantime, I'm going to try using __call() and __callStatic() to pretend like this feature actually exists. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-11-26 22:17:42] martijntje at martijnotto dot nl 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-03-16 16:44:17] nick dot telford at gmail dot com Description: ------------ 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: --------------- class Example { public static function test() {} public function test() {} } $example = new Example(); $example->test(); Example::test(); Expected result: ---------------- No errors, all methods called correctly. Actual result: -------------- PHP errors with: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare Example::test() ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40837&edit=1