I know what self::staticFunctionName() and parent::staticFunctionName() are, and how they are different from each other and from $this->functionName.
But what is static::staticFunctionName()?
It's the keyword used in PHP 5.3+ to invoke late static bindings.
Read all about it in the manual: http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.late-static-bindings.php
In summary, static::foo() works like a dynamic self::foo().
class A {
static function foo() {
// This will be executed.
}
static function bar() {
self::foo();
}
}
class B extends A {
static function foo() {
// This will not be executed.
// The above self::foo() refers to A::foo().
}
}
B::bar();
static solves this problem:
class A {
static function foo() {
// This is overridden in the child class.
}
static function bar() {
static::foo();
}
}
class B extends A {
static function foo() {
// This will be executed.
// static::foo() is bound late.
}
}
B::bar();
static as a keyword for this behavior is kind of confusing, since it's all but. :)
Related
I have two classes: Action and MyAction. The latter is declared as:
class MyAction extends Action {/* some methods here */}
All I need is method in the Action class (only in it, because there will be a lot of inherited classes, and I don’t want to implement this method in all of them), which will return classname from a static call. Here is what I’m talking about:
Class Action {
function n(){/* something */}
}
And when I call it:
MyAction::n(); // it should return "MyAction"
But each declaration in the parent class has access only to the parent class __CLASS__ variable, which has the value “Action”.
Is there any possible way to do this?
__CLASS__ always returns the name of the class in which it was used, so it's not much help with a static method. If the method wasn't static you could simply use get_class($this). e.g.
class Action {
public function n(){
echo get_class($this);
}
}
class MyAction extends Action {
}
$foo=new MyAction;
$foo->n(); //displays 'MyAction'
Late static bindings, available in PHP 5.3+
Now that PHP 5.3 is released, you can use late static bindings, which let you resolve the target class for a static method call at runtime rather than when it is defined.
While the feature does not introduce a new magic constant to tell you the classname you were called through, it does provide a new function, get_called_class() which can tell you the name of the class a static method was called in. Here's an example:
Class Action {
public static function n() {
return get_called_class();
}
}
class MyAction extends Action {
}
echo MyAction::n(); //displays MyAction
Since 5.5 you can use class keyword for the class name resolution, which would be a lot faster than making function calls. Also works with interfaces.
// C extends B extends A
static::class // MyNamespace\ClassC when run in A
self::class // MyNamespace\ClassA when run in A
parent::class // MyNamespace\ClassB when run in C
MyClass::class // MyNamespace\MyClass
It's not the ideal solution, but it works on PHP < 5.3.0.
The code was copied from septuro.com
if(!function_exists('get_called_class')) {
class class_tools {
static $i = 0;
static $fl = null;
static function get_called_class() {
$bt = debug_backtrace();
if (self::$fl == $bt[2]['file'].$bt[2]['line']) {
self::$i++;
} else {
self::$i = 0;
self::$fl = $bt[2]['file'].$bt[2]['line'];
}
$lines = file($bt[2]['file']);
preg_match_all('/([a-zA-Z0-9\_]+)::'.$bt[2]['function'].'/',
$lines[$bt[2]['line']-1],
$matches);
return $matches[1][self::$i];
}
}
function get_called_class() {
return class_tools::get_called_class();
}
}
Now (when 5.3 has arrived) it's pretty simple:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.get-called-class.php
class MainSingleton {
private static $instances = array();
private static function get_called_class() {
$t = debug_backtrace();
return $t[count($t)-1]["class"];
}
public static function getInstance() {
$class = self::get_called_class();
if(!isset(self::$instances[$class]) ) {
self::$instances[$class] = new $class;
}
return self::$instances[$class];
}
}
class Singleton extends MainSingleton {
public static function getInstance()
{
return parent::getInstance();
}
protected function __construct() {
echo "A". PHP_EOL;
}
protected function __clone() {}
public function test() {
echo " * test called * ";
}
}
Singleton::getInstance()->test();
Singleton::getInstance()->test();
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)
get_called_class — The "Late Static Binding" class name
<?php
class Model
{
public static function find()
{
return get_called_class();
}
}
class User extends Model
{
}
echo User::find();
this link might be helpfull
There is no way, in the available PHP versions, to do what you want. Paul Dixon's solution is the only one. I mean, the code example, as the late static bindings feature he's talking about is available as of PHP 5.3, which is in beta.
I have good oop understanding but poor understanding of its implementation in php...
I have the following code, hope it's self documented =).
I need to have BB in the output
class A{
// I can't copy function::classname() to all my descendant classes
static function classname(){
echo __CLASS__;
}
}
class B extends A{
static function test(){
self::classname();
}
function test1(){
self::classname();
}
//i have A LOT of static and non-static functions using self::classname() in their code
// I can't copy all them to base class
}
$v = new B();
B::test();
$v->test1();
I'm stuck with static:: and self:: syntax
PS: another crazy question I've come across:
Suppose I have
function doSomething(){
echo $this->id;
}
Sometimes it gets into the static contexts. Yes, I know, that's because my bad application design. But is it possible to create a second(mirror, overloading) function
static function doSomething(){
echo false;
}
It means that using
$obj->doSomething() returns id and using Class::doSomething() returns false
Question 3:
Is it possible to get property default value in static context an property value in non-static context automatically?
Have a look at late static binding.
class A {
static function classname() {
echo __CLASS__;
}
static function test1() {
static::classname();
}
}
class B extends A {
static function classname() {
echo __CLASS__;
}
}
$v = new B();
B::test1();
$v->test1();
Or as pointed out by Long Ears in the comments, assuming php 5.3.0+ you can use get_called_class()
class A {
static function classname() {
echo get_called_class();
}
// this can be defined in either class A or B without affecting the output
static function test1() {
static::classname();
}
}
class B extends A {
}
$v = new B();
B::test1();
$v->test1();
Outputs:
BB
Regarding your second "crazy" question, see the Magic Methods. Basically, you would need to implement something like:
class Foo
{
public function __call($name, $arguments)
{
// call the _$name function
}
public static function __callStatic($name, $arguments)
{
// call the _{$name}_static function
}
private function _bar()
{
}
private static function _bar_static()
{
}
}
$foo = new Foo();
$foo->bar();
Foo::bar();
it's possible to add a static method like this
class Foo {
public static function __callStatic() {
// ....
}
}
// in Other file
// Call the static method
Foo-->__callStatic()
and call it on an other file (In php ) ?
What's the difference between self::CONSTANT_NAME and static::CONSTANT_NAME?
Is calling constant via static:: only 5.3 feature?
When you use static::NAME it's a feature called late static binding (or LSB). More information about this feature is at the php.net documentation page of LSB: http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.late-static-bindings.php
An example is this use case:
<?php
class A {
public static function who() {
echo __CLASS__;
}
public static function test() {
self::who();
}
}
class B extends A {
public static function who() {
echo __CLASS__;
}
}
B::test();
?>
This outputs A, which is not always desirable. Now replacing self with static creates this:
<?php
class A {
public static function who() {
echo __CLASS__;
}
public static function test() {
static::who(); // Here comes Late Static Bindings
}
}
class B extends A {
public static function who() {
echo __CLASS__;
}
}
B::test();
?>
And, as you might expect, it ouputs "B"
The difference is pretty much what late static bindings are all about.
Short explanation:
self:: will refer to the class type inside which the code using self:: is written.
static:: will refer to the class type of the actual object that on which the code using static:: is being executed.
This means that there's only a difference if we are talking about classes in the same inheritance hierarchy.
Can you do something like this in PHP:
function foo()
{
super->foo();
// do something
}
Yes, it's called parent:: though.
public function foo()
{
parent::foo(); // this is not a static method call, even though it looks like one
//do something
}
use parent;
parent::foo();
Do you mean calling the parent class method? In that case you would do:
class Bar
{
public function foo()
{
// blah
}
}
class Baz extends Bar
{
public function foo()
{
parent::foo();
}
}
abstract class base {
abstract public function test();
public function run()
{
self::test();
}
}
class son extends base {
public function test()
{
echo 1;
}
}
son::run();
It reports:
Fatal error: Cannot call abstract
method base::test()
But son::test() works,why and is there a way to fix?
"self" is lexically scoped, that is, if you use "self" in a method of Base, "self" means "Base", no matter how you call this method at run time. php5.3 introduced a new kind of dynamic binding, which, ironically enough, is called "static". The following works as expected in php 5.3
abstract class base {
abstract public static function test();
static public function run()
{
static::test();
}
}
class son extends base {
static public function test()
{
echo 1;
}
}
son::run();
Of course:
Fatal error: Cannot call abstract method base::test()
It has no method body you could call. If run() is supposed to be a Template Method, you refer to the class scope with $this instead of self and then create an instance of $son to call run() on it, e.g.
abstract class BaseClass {
abstract public function test();
public function run()
{
$this->test();
}
}
class Son extends BaseClass {
public function test()
{
echo 1;
}
}
$son = new Son;
$son->run(); // 1
which is rather odd, because then you could have just as well called test() directly.
Also note that in your example
son::run();
is wrong, because the run() method is not declared static and while PHP will execute run() nonetheless, it is considered wrong usage and will raise an E_STRICT error. However, if you were to define run() static, you could no longer reference $this, because a static method is not invoked from instance scope, but class scope.
Edit I was about to add the PHP5.3 solution, but see that #erenon already did that, while I was typing, so I only add the appropriate reference in the PHP Manual on Late Static Binding.
Abstract methods do not have an implementation, and thus cannot be called. If the method is not defined as abstract, and actually has an implementation, then it can be executed by your code. For example:
public function test(){
echo "Hello from base!";
}
Factory/singleton pattern mix:
class Base
{
static private $instance;
static function getSon() {
if (null === self::$instance) {
self::$instance = new Son;();
}
return self::$instance;
}
}
class Son
{
public function test() {
echo 1;
}
}
Base::getSon()->test(); //1