Re: [patch] Dynamic access of static members/methods, and constants

Hello Etienne, besides a tiny bit of whitespace issues the patch looks fine. Actually we use tabs at the beginning of lines here (prior and after |'s). Once you got more people looking/commenting on the patch we mde decide whetehr to apply it. best regards marcus Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 4:06:55 PM, you wrote: > Hi, > It may have already been proposed, but I give it a shot: > I believe it would be nice to be able to dynamically reference static > members and constants. > Currently, there is no way to do that and the only way would be to > create a static method and use call_user_func(array($classname, 'getThat')); > In other words: > class A { > public static $foo = 'bar'; > const gee = 'zzz'; > public static function getFoo() { return self::$foo; } > } > $classname = 'A'; > echo $classname::$foo; // bar > echo $classname::gee; // zzz > // instead of: > echo call_user_func(array($classname, 'getFoo')); > Please take a look at the patch I made for it. > For consistency purposes, I also implemented $classname::myMethod(); > even if it's not required. FWIW, I've no strong feeling about it. > Regards, Best regards, Marcus