Re: Call non-static method staticly raise E_STRICT, but why call a static method instancely won't

reeze wrote: > Hi, > I am not sure it's the right place to discuss this. someday I found I call a static method > _instancely_. > the method is just a helper method when reviewing my code. I know I do the wrong thing, but PHP > doesn't > complain about it. then I do some tests like below: A few corrections to your test case so it actually works. > <?php > error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_STRICT); I think you want E_ALL | E_STRICT > class A { > public function static staticFunc() { This is a parse error. static should be placed before function. > echo "static"; > } > public function instanceFunc() { > echo "instace"; > } > } > > A::instanceFunct(); // Strict Standards: Non-static method A::instanceFunc() ... And this should be A::instanceFunc(); > $a = new A(); > $a->staticFunc(); // Just static no E_STRICT error raised > > I know it's the wrong way to do like these, maybe there are some historical reasons to > allow these. > I just wonder why previous method call raise E_STRICT but later not. > > Yes, something could be done doesn't means we should, but we could stop things like > happened. I think it may be related to inheritance.