Comments on: A Lesson In Static Methods And Late Static Binding

By: Sebs

Sebs — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:19:43 +0000

I wonder what kind of language this is, where we need stuff like that. There is a Quadrupzillion Solutions that wont hurt your mind when you think about em. This is what OOP and PHP where about in the first place.
If someone says to me: late static binding, my brain goes into a “does not compute” mode and I ask the person to explain the problem that needs to be solved. If the solution is a technical solution that only solves a problem that another technical solution brought up …. you either see the recursion already or you learn late static binding.

2 cents

By: till

till — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:26:12 +0000

Great example, but better yet an example of why singletons are to be avoided – always.

By: Gargoyle

Gargoyle — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:32:08 +0000

Nice and simple way to show an example of LSB…

By: James

James — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:53:59 +0000

Just though I would point out the get_called_class function. It provides access to the name of the called class, not just a reference to it:

http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.get-called-class.php

You can think of it as the late-static-binding equivalent to __CLASS__.