note 98057 deleted from language.oop5.static by danbrown

Note Submitter: John Inhendersonnv ---- @ myselfasunder at gmail dot com This is actually the expected behavior. As the manual states: The pseudo-variable $this is available when a method is called from within an object context. $this is a reference to the calling object (usually the object to which the method belongs, but possibly another object, if the method is called statically from the context of a secondary object). http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php If use error_reporting(E_STRICT), your script will warn against this: PHP Strict Standards: Non-static method CalledClass::go() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /path-to-file on line #n