Re: Re: static class member resolution

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote: > Loknath Bharti wrote: > > > I have the following in a class : > > > > $this->modelHandler = Handler; > > $this->modelHandler::staticMethod(); > > > > I am receiving a parse error problem in the second line. > > > > Handler is a class definition, and staticMethod is a static method. > Handler is assigned to class variable modelHandler, but the above will > return a parse Error. At the same time if I assign $this->modelHandler to a > variable and call the staticMethod on that it works without a problem. I > would like to make the above work, because its superfluous to have to > assign a class Variable to a local variable to access it. > > > > $this->modelHandler = Handler; > > $handler = $this->modelHandler; > > $handler::staticMethod(); > > > > The above works. Any insight into resolution by using something like > {$this->modelHandler}::Handler would be appreciated. > > You'll probably have to wait for PHP 7.0.0: > <http://3v4l.org/mkPYY>. :) > > -- > Christoph M. Becker > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > If it is a static method, why not just do: Handler::staticMethod(); No need to have any variables, you can straight out use the definition.