Re: :: abused for static method call

Hi Ulf! On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Ulf Wendel wrote: > Hi! > > I'm surprised that the following code works and prints 8: cool discovery :) > > <?php > class foo { > > var $bar = 0; > > function foo() { > > $this->bar = 8; > prints $this->bar; > > } > } > foo::foo() > ?> actually if you stick a var_dump($this) before and after the assignement you'll see NULL and object(...) so it looks like a change to $this creates a new object, but where is it? is it a memory leak or it is destroyed at once? > Why can I use "::" outside a class? Looks like a side effect or is this > intented. I don't not belive that it is, right? > > If it's so why can the foo constructor access a property using the > pseudo object $this it can't access another method using $this? This > will cause an error: > > <?php > class foo { > > function foo() { > $this->bar(); > } > > function bar() { > } > > } > > foo::foo(); > ?> I tried that too, and if I stick a $this = new foo() before calling bar() it works, cool :) Is this behaviour permanent? -- teodor