note 68477 added to keyword.paamayim-nekudotayim

after doing some research as the manual was somewhat vague, i found out that using $this in a class-function is not fatal as the manual implied, its not even a warning. it simply comes with a notice saying: $this is undefined. it appears the class-function is just as a global function. and as such the static keyword holds its value after scope changes. however it seems to also holds its value after the class gets instanced. take a simple counter function thats a member of a class. make a few calls to the counter to let it count to lets say 3. then instance the class and let it count it again 3 times. you think the score is now 3, infact its 6. so one simple way to find out if a function is called from a instanced class or not is to have the constructor set a class variable and then check for it using isset. since in the class-function scope the $this is unavailable isset will return false. but when the class has been instanced it will return true. btw, i tested it with php4.4.2CLI. hope this will clear somethings up. ---- Server IP: 83.137.20.120 Probable Submitter: 82.75.98.252 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/keyword.paamayim-nekudotayim.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/68477 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68477/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68477/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68477/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68477/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68477/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68477/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68477 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/68477 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php