RE: [PHP-DEV] __init magic method

> -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Boere [mailto:pete@the-echoplex.net] > Sent: 22 January 2013 12:30 > To: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DEV] __init magic method > > Has there ever been any discussion on an __init magic method > for bootstraping static properties on class load? > > The usual solution I come up with is manually calling an init > method post class definition, which works, though I'd call it > slighly less than elegant: > > class Foo { > static $bar; > static function init () { > // Create $bar with expressions... > self::$bar = $bar; > } > } > Foo:init(); > > A custom autoloader could of course anticipate this but with > systems like composer that have a shared autoload, it'd be > nicer to use those than rely on a custom loader. > I'd say, that using static at all isn't elegant. There is always a way to avoid it. Jared