Re: Re: static:: and PHP 7 (from bug #70997)

Andreas Heigl wrote on 30/11/2015 12:23:

Am 30.11.15 um 13:18 schrieb Peter Cowburn:

class A {

     const TEST = false;
     public function test() {
         var_dump(static::TEST);
     }

} class B extends A {

     const TEST = true;

     public function test() {
         A::test();
     }

} $b = new B; $b->test();

You are calling explicitly A::test(). When you call parent::test() everything works as you'd expect it. Have a look at https://3v4l.org/RCrRd Apart from that you are calling an instance-method as a static method by using A::test().

This appears to be the crucial thing: if you declare the test() method as static in both classes, it returns false in all versions: https://3v4l.org/hJoor It's almost like A::test() is now interpreted as a static call, rather than a "scope resolution" of the instance method, but $this is still available, so it's not quite as simple as that: https://3v4l.org/qbT3j Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]