The rules for static methods are the same as static variables. Use the ststic keyword to identify a method as a static method, which can be accessed through the name of the class and the scope qualification operator::.
A very important difference between static methods and non-static methods is that when calling static methods, we do not need to create an instance of the class.
Using class names as parameters can solve non-inherited static problems.
<?php class Fruit { public static $category = "I'm fruit"; static function find($class) { $vars = get_class_vars($class) ; echo $vars['category'] ; } } class Apple extends Fruit { public static $category = "I'm Apple"; } Apple::find("Apple"); ?>
Program execution result:
I'm Apple
Override the base class method in the derived class.
<?php class Fruit { static function Foo ( $class = __CLASS__ ) { call_user_func(array($class, 'Color')); } } class Apple extends Fruit { static function Foo ( $class = __CLASS__ ) { parent::Foo($class); } static function Color() { echo "Apple's color is red"; } } Apple::Foo(); // This time it works. ?>
Program execution result:
Apple's color is red
Both static and const scopes can be accessed using the :: operator. If you want to use the :: operator to access an array, you need to declare the array as static in advance.
<?php class Fruit { static $color = array('color1' => 'red', 'color2' => 'yellow'); } class Apple { public function __construct() { var_dump(Fruit::$color); } } class Banana { public function __construct() { Fruit::$color = FALSE; } } new Apple(); // prints array(2) { ["color1"]=> string(3) "red" ["color2"]=> string(6) "yellow" } echo '<br />'; new Banana(); new Apple(); // prints bool(false) ?>
Program execution result:
array(2) { ["color1"]=> string(3) "red" ["color2"]=> string(6) "yellow" } bool(false)
Static is really cool, the program below demonstrates how to get an already existing instance.
<?php class Singleton { private static $instance=null; private $value=null; private function __construct($value) { $this->value = $value; } public static function getInstance() { if ( self::$instance == null ) { echo "<br>new<br>"; self::$instance = new Singleton("values"); } else { echo "<br>old<br>"; } return self::$instance; } } $x = Singleton::getInstance(); var_dump($x); // returns the new object $y = Singleton::getInstance(); var_dump($y); // returns the existing object ?>
Program execution result:
new object(Singleton)#1 (1) { ["value:private"]=> string(6) "values" } old object(Singleton)#1 (1) { ["value:private"]=> string(6) "values" }