Re: "::" meaning and documentation

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Ulf Wendel <ulf@redsys.de> An: <php-dev@lists.php.net> Gesendet: Montag, 26. Juni 2000 17:44 Betreff: [PHP-DEV] "::" meaning and documentation > Hi, > > what's the meaning of "::"? I was surprised to see that this code works: > > <?php > class foo { > > var $bar = 0; > > function do() { > $this->bar = 8; > print $this->bar; > } > > } > > foo::do(); > ?> > > Does it officially introduce static method calls or is this a side > effect? No side effect. Static method calls were introduced so that in a subclass you can call methods of the parent class. > If so, I would like to see some documentation on it How about helping write it? :) > and how can > a static class use the pseudo object $this to access it's properties > (but not it's methods)? If you mean whether you can access class variables using the '::' notation, it isn't possible. Regards, Stefan