Doc #52427 [NEW]: $this is used from the caller scope if the called method is static

From: Operating system: all PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:$this is used from the caller scope if the called method is static Description: ------------ Samuel pointed out this "feature" on the php-windows mailing list: http://marc.info/?t=127981502400008&r=1&w=2 this "feature" bit many people (see the bug reports, the comments on language.oop5.static.php), so I think we should add this behaviour to the documentation: http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.static.php "Because static methods are callable without an instance of the object created, the pseudo-variable $this is not available inside the method declared as static." "Calling non-static methods statically generates an E_STRICT level warning." We should add that the non-static methods can be called via the scope resolution operator (aka the static way) but in this case the method will have access to the caller method's scope and an E_STRICT warning will be raised. Test script: --------------- <?php class A{ public $foo = 'bar'; public function write(){ print($this->foo); } } class B{ public $foo = 'gnagnagna'; public function write(){ A::write(); } } $var = new B; $var->write(); Expected result: ---------------- PHP Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in... OR Change in the documentation to describe this kind of behaviour. Actual result: -------------- gnagnagna -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52427&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52427&r=mysqlcfg