#42979 [NEW]: method_exists does not document static behavior

From: gabe at mudbugmedia dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: method_exists does not document static behavior Description: ------------ currently the method_exists documentation at http://us3.php.net/method_exists does not define behavior for detecting a static method. Currently in PHP 5.1+ you can detect a static method by passing a string containing the class name instead of an instance of that class. The documentation should be updated to make mention of this behavior, or the behavior should probably be removed if it's been flying under the radar and shouldn't be there. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class Foo { public static function bar () { echo 'woo'; } } var_dump(method_exists('Foo', 'bar')); ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42979&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42979&r=mysqlcfg