Bug #55789 [Opn->Bgs]: Late Static Bindings

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55789&edit=1 ID: 55789 Updated by: stas@php.net Reported by: kashpur dot kostya at gmail dot com Summary: Late Static Bindings -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Windows7 PHP Version: 5.3.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 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 Declare inst() as static if you call it statically. Otherwise PHP interprets it as a dynamic, which for BC reasons is allowed. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-09-26 23:18:57] kashpur dot kostya at gmail dot com Description: ------------ If I call method of the class "B" that implements class "A" that uses static, under some class "C" it tries to get static property of the "C", but not of the "B". And if I try to call B::inst() not under some class it works fine. Test script: --------------- class A { public static $_a = null; private function __construct() {} private function __clone() {} public function inst() { if (is_null(static::$_a)) { static::$_a = new static(); } return static::$_a; } } class B extends A { } class C { public function __construct() { B::inst(); } } Expected result: ---------------- B::$_a Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Access to undeclared static property: C::$_a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55789&edit=1