Re: Static method variable

Quoting Christoph Boget <christoph.boget@gmail.com>:

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what a static method variable is supposed to do. I thought the value would be static for an class' instance but it appears it is static across all instances of the class. Consider: class StaticTest { public function __construct() { } public function test( $newVal ) {

    static $retval = '';

    if( $retval == '' )
    {
      $retval = $newVal;
    }
    echo $retval . '<br>';

} } $one = new StaticTest(); $one->test( 'joe' ); $two = new StaticTest(); $two->test( 'bob' ); Should it be working that way? thnx, Chris

That's exactly how a static class var functions. It's available cross all instances of the class.