static constructor

So now I want to do my first own proposal for a new function in PHP and I hope doing it right with starting a discussion here first. The purpose of this suggestion is to introduce a static constructor, which is called before the first call to class either static or non-static to initialize some static properties which are needed by the class. I think about two different possible syntax to realize that purpose: Version 1 (similar to Java): class A { private static $var; static { //Do some code here to initialize self::$var; } } Version 2 (a new magic method): class B { private static $var; private static function __static() { //Do some code here to initialize self::$var; } } My prefered code would be version 2 at the moment. Looking forward to your feedback, -- DerOetzi