RE: [PHP] classes and objects: php5. The Basics

2007-01-16 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php The top example has the code: A::foo(); even though foo is not declared static in its class. How does it get called statically without being declared static? [/snip] foo() is a function and would not be static, it can be public

Re: [PHP] classes and objects: php5. The Basics

2007-01-16 Thread Martin Alterisio
Backward compatibility with PHP4, where member functions couldn't be declared as static. Any member function could be called statically providing a static context instead of an object instance. 2007/1/16, Cheseldine, D. L. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi I'm stuck on The Basics page of the php5 Object

Re: [PHP] classes and objects: php5. The Basics

2007-01-16 Thread Martin Alterisio
Forgot to mention that calling a non-statical function this way should generate an E_STRICT warning. 2007/1/16, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Backward compatibility with PHP4, where member functions couldn't be declared as static. Any member function could be called statically providing

Re: [PHP] classes and objects: php5. The Basics

2007-01-16 Thread Jochem Maas
Martin Alterisio wrote: Forgot to mention that calling a non-static function this way should generate an E_STRICT warning. and IIRC it will eventually be made a fatal error in php6, somebody please correct me if I'm wrong! 2007/1/16, Martin Alterisio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Backward