A few days ago on Baidu I saw someone asking about the usage of double colon:: in PHP. The answer I gave him at that time was relatively concise because typing on a mobile phone was not very convenient! It suddenly occurred to me today, so here is a summary of the situations I encountered using double colon:: in PHP!
The double-colon operator, the Scope Resolution Operator, can access static, const, and overridden properties and methods in classes.
If used outside a class definition, call it using the class name. In PHP 5.3.0, you can use variables instead of class names.
Program List: Use variables to access outside the class definition
<?php class Fruit { const CONST_VALUE = 'Fruit Color'; } $classname = 'Fruit'; echo $classname::CONST_VALUE; // As of PHP .. echo Fruit::CONST_VALUE; ?> Program List:在类定义外部使用:: <?php class Fruit { const CONST_VALUE = 'Fruit Color'; } class Apple extends Fruit { public static $color = 'Red'; public static function doubleColon() { echo parent::CONST_VALUE . "\n"; echo self::$color . "\n"; } } Apple::doubleColon(); ?>
Program execution result:
Fruit Color Red
Program List: Call parent method
<?php class Fruit { protected function showColor() { echo "Fruit::showColor()\n"; } } class Apple extends Fruit { // Override parent's definition public function showColor() { // But still call the parent function parent::showColor(); echo "Apple::showColor()\n"; } } $apple = new Apple(); $apple->showColor(); ?>
Program execution result:
Fruit::showColor()
Apple::showColor()
Program List: Use scope qualifier
<?php class Apple { public function showColor() { return $this->color; } } class Banana { public $color; public function __construct() { $this->color = "Banana is yellow"; } public function GetColor() { return Apple::showColor(); } } $banana = new Banana; echo $banana->GetColor(); ?>
Program execution result:
Banana is yellow
Program List: Method of calling base class
<?php class Fruit { static function color() { return "color"; } static function showColor() { echo "show " . self::color(); } } class Apple extends Fruit { static function color() { return "red"; } } Apple::showColor(); // output is "show color"! ?>
Program execution result:
show color
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