Bug #62156 [Com]: Documentation incorrectly states that traits can't define static properties.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62156&edit=1 ID: 62156 Comment by: guillaumemessier at gmail dot com Reported by: phplists at stanvassilev dot com Summary: Documentation incorrectly states that traits can't define static properties. Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Documentation problem Operating System: - PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Php 5.4 seems to allow the definition of a static variable in a trait. It seems that a static variable is created for the trait itself and one for each class using the trait. <?php trait T { static public $var = 1; } class A { use T; } class B { use T; } var_dump(T::$var); T::$var = 2; var_dump(A::$var); A::$var = 3; var_dump(B::$var); B::$var = 4; var_dump(T::$var); var_dump(A::$var); var_dump(B::$var); ?> Return: int(1) int(1) int(1) int(2) int(3) int(4) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-05-25 11:45:36] phplists at stanvassilev dot com Description: ------------ The Traits page at http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.traits.php states the following: "Static variables can be referred to in trait methods, but cannot be defined by the trait. Traits can, however, define static methods for the exhibiting class." This is followed by an example of emulating static properties with function-static vars. In testing PHP 5.4 this is wrong, traits support static properties, and they work as expected... Test script: --------------- <?php trait T { static public $foo = 123; } class C { use T; } echo C::$foo; // 123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62156&edit=1