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@NogDogMay 06.2014 — #That's how you call a static class method without actually instantiating the class as an object (scope resolution operator ).@NogDogMay 06.2014 — #Only if the method (or property) is defined as "static".
ClassName::functionName notation
Hi,
The tutorial I am following used the following code to call a function from another file:
[code=php]echo File::exists(‘test.php’) ? ‘it exists’ : ‘it does not exist’;
what is that notation, I have never seen it before, why not just call the function, why proceed it by specifying the class name followed by two colons?
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@NogDogMay 06.2014 — #That's how you call a static class method without actually instantiating the class as an object (0
@NogDogMay 06.2014 — #Only if the method (or property) is defined as "static".[code=php]
<?php
class Foo {
public $normal = "normal";
public static $static = "static";
public function regular()
{
echo "regular".PHP_EOL;
}
public static function staticFunc()
{
echo "static method".PHP_EOL;
}
}
echo Foo::$static.PHP_EOL;
Foo::staticFunc();
$foo = new Foo();
echo $foo->normal.PHP_EOL;
$foo->regular();
// not static, should throw a fatal error:
echo Foo::$normal;
[/code]