note 91910 added to language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim

It seems some people were as confused as myself with a certain use of the Scope Resolution Operator (::) in php. Here is what I wish the documentation said explicitly. The signature for calling a static/class method and the signature for calling an instance method look identical in php, yet operate differently. The instance method handles "$this" as expected, and the static/class method (naturally) does not. In other words; working from Example #3, above (condensed below): <php? class OtherClass extends MyClass{ public function myFunc() { parent::myFunc(); } } ?> When calling "parent::myFunc();" .. although "$this" is not (visually) used in the method call, the parent instance method is successfully called with the proper instance ('OtherClass') of "$this" . So far, I haven't encountered any language that does this, other than php. That aside, PHP is still my friend. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 75.72.168.175 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/91910 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91910/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91910/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91910/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91910/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91910/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91910/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91910 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/91910 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php