note 114647 added to language.oop5.static

Other point is that static methods just can access static properties, because the pseudo variable $this not exists in this scope like example below: <?php //is wrong, because the static methods can only access static properties class Foo { public $property; public static function aStaticMethod() { echo "Accessing the property: {$this->property}"; //Fatal error:Using $this } } Foo::aStaticMethod(); $classname = 'Foo'; $classname::aStaticMethod(); // As of PHP 5.3.0 //Note that property $property is static and then can be using the word self instead of pseudo variable $this class Foo2 { static $property = 'test'; public static function aStaticMethod() { echo "Accessing the property: ". self::$property; //Accessing the property: test } } Foo2::aStaticMethod(); ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 177.80.142.147 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.static.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114647 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114647/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114647/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114647/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114647/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114647/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114647/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114647 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114647 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php