From: ms419 at freezone dot co dot uk Operating system: PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Function can no longer be called both statically and as instance method
Description: ------------ I understand that, unlike some other languages, PHP does not support overloading: I can't implement two functions with the same name but different signatures. However I can simulate overloading using func_get_args() and testing with which arguments the function was called. Now what I want is a function which can be called either as an instance method with no arguments, or statically with one argument: an instance of the class. I test whether the function was called statically or not using isset($this) However in PHP5, this produces an error: Non-static method BaseTaxonomy::getTerms() should not be called statically in... Like it is possible to simulate overloading in PHP without generating errors, I wish it were possible to define a function which can be called either statically or as an instance method, without generating errors. Much thanks, Jack Reproduce code: --------------- Toy example: class BaseTaxonomy { protected $terms = null; public function getTerms() { if (!isset($this)) { $args = func_get_args(); return $args[0]->terms; } return $this->terms; } } Actual result: -------------- Non-static method BaseTaxonomy::getTerms() should not be called statically in... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43845&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43845&r=mysqlcfg