Re: $this availability inside static-functions

Sean Coates wrote: >> i know this hack, but it does not work, if the statically called method >> is from the same class as the calling object > > Good point. Sorry for not noticing. > ... I have no idea WHY someone would want to do this.. that said, I > don't know of a way to do it, either. a function who returns a name of an object, say its name is $object->getName(); this needs that the object exists and loaded how about if i need a name for object not loaded? Class::getName( $object_id ); there is really no need to load/create the whole object if i only need the name, so doing $object = new Class( $object_id ); $object->getName(); would be a waste of system-resources f.e. the same applies to any other properties of an object stored in a DB. but why should i choose for the same function two different method-names? f.e. Class::getName() static Class::staticGetName() ?? this doesnt makes sence to me. pls, give me a hint if i had overseen something. -- Sebastian Mendel www.sebastianmendel.de www.sf.net/projects/phpdatetime | www.sf.net/projects/phptimesheet