(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
forward_static_call — Call a static method
Calls a user defined function or method given by the callback
parameter, with the following arguments. This function must be called within a method
context, it can't be used outside a class.
It uses the late static
binding.
callback
The function or method to be called. This parameter may be an array, with the name of the class, and the method, or a string, with a function name.
args
Zero or more parameters to be passed to the function.
Returns the function result, or false
on error.
Example #1 forward_static_call() example
<?phpclass A{ const NAME = 'A'; public static function test() { $args = func_get_args(); echo static::NAME, " ".join(',', $args)." \n"; }}class B extends A{ const NAME = 'B'; public static function test() { echo self::NAME, "\n"; forward_static_call(array('A', 'test'), 'more', 'args'); forward_static_call( 'test', 'other', 'args'); }}B::test('foo');function test() { $args = func_get_args(); echo "C ".join(',', $args)." \n"; }?>
The above example will output:
B B more,args C other,args