Req #60202 [NEW]: Please add __STATIC__ magic constant

From: Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:20:58 +0000
Subject: Req #60202 [NEW]: Please add __STATIC__ magic constant
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Operating system: 
PHP version:      5.3.8
Package:          *General Issues
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:Please add __STATIC__ magic constant

Description:
------------
Please add a __STATIC__ magic constant so that a static method can know the
name of the class that it was called on.

In other words:
class A {
  static function bla() {
    print __STATIC__; 
  }
} 

class B extends A {}

print B::bla() . "\n"; // I want this to print "B".


See also:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.predefined.php#84050

Test script:
---------------
// This is how it is currently done:
php -r 'class A { static function bla() { print get_called_class(); }}
class B extends A {}  print B::bla() . "\n";'  
B

// This would be more consistent and convenient:
php -r 'class A { static function bla() { print __STATIC__; }} class B
extends A {}  print B::bla() . "\n";'  
B



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