Bug #14302 Updated: self:: Accessing methods from within methods without an instance

ID: 14302 Updated by: zak Reported By: ivan.lamouret@novitek.fr Old Status: Open Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: any PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment: There will be significant changes to PHP OO support with the next version of the Zend Engine. To get more information, visit: http://www.zend.com/engine2/ZendEngine-2.0.pdf http://www.zend.com/zend/zend-engine-summary.php http://www.zend.com/zend/zengine/ Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-30 13:18:58] ivan.lamouret@novitek.fr When inside a class method, there is no "denormalised" way to get at other methods "statically" i.e.: class foo(){ function bar(){ // do not use $this; } function otherbar(){ foo::bar();// <--- allow self::bar() } } foo::otherbar(); If foo was an extension of some other class foobase, it could get at the foobase::methods with the "parent::" construct. In other words to get at my parent's method I do not need to know its name, but if I am not an instance I can not get at my own methods without giving my name. Since you can call a class method without an instance, this seems a natural extension of php's :: Thank you all ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14302&edit=1