Re: Re: Static functions

pleasure Leo, happy php'ing !! "Leo Spalteholz" <leo@spalteholz.ca> wrote in message news:200302091455.21523.leo@spalteholz.ca... > ah! thank you very much. Thats exactly what I was looking for. > > Leo > > On February 9, 2003 01:49 pm, David Eisenhart wrote: > > yes, you can call a static method on a class by specifying the > > class name, then 2 colons and finally the function name: > > > > classname :: functionname([arg,.....]) > > > > (of course properties can not be accessed by such methods) > > > > David Eisenhart > > > > > > > > "Leo Spalteholz" <leo@spalteholz.ca> wrote in message > > news:200302091318.15401.leo@spalteholz.ca... > > > > > Hi, I'm a bit of a newbie to PHP, I've done some stuff in > > > Java/VB/C++ but I'm having a few problems finding info on this > > > issue. > > > > > > Does PHP support something like static functions in Java? > > > > > > for example in Java I can write: > > > > > > public class someClass { > > > public static void someMethod() {} > > > } > > > > > > and then in another file: > > > > > > import someClass; > > > > > > public class anotherClass { > > > someClass.someMethod() > > > } > > > > > > Is there some way to access methods of a class without creating > > > an object in PHP? > > > Right now I just include the file (not using a class) and then > > > call the function but I would like to have it more seperate. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Leo >