note 83917 added to language.oop5.late-static-bindings

will this work for variables as well? it would be great, if the following worked: <?php class A { protected static $table = "table"; public static function connect(){ //do some stuff here echo static::$table; return static::getInstance(); //function getInstance() now can return classes A or B depending on the context it was called } ... } class B extends A { protected static $table = "subtable"; ... } $table = B::connect(); //hopefully the output will be: subtable ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 79.233.68.109 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.late-static-bindings.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83917 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83917/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83917/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83917/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83917/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83917/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83917/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83917 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83917 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php