note 49541 added to language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim

Please note that methods called by the scope resolution operator which are defined by a superclass of the first operand are called in the scope of the SUPERCLASS. For example, <?php class ExampleSuperclass { static function classType() { return "superclass"; } static function doSomething() { echo "doing something with " . self::classType(); } } class ExampleClass extends ExampleSuperclass { static function classType() { return "subclass"; } } ExampleClass::doSomething(); // output is "doing something with superclass"! ?> This can be surprising (it surprised me!) when coming from other object-oriented languages, which would output "doing something with subclass" in this case. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+49541 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49541&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49541&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49541&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49541&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49541&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+49541&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php