cvs: phpdoc /en/language/oop5 static.xml

helly		Thu Sep 30 14:22:30 2004 EDT

Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/language/oop5	static.xml
Log:
- Upate

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Index: phpdoc/en/language/oop5/static.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/language/oop5/static.xml:1.3 phpdoc/en/language/oop5/stati
c.xml:1.4
--- phpdoc/en/language/oop5/static.xml:1.3	Thu Aug 12 21:00:44 2004
+++ phpdoc/en/language/oop5/static.xml	Thu Sep 30 14:22:30 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
<sect1 id="language.oop5.static">
<title>Static Keyword</title>

@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@
the object created, the pseudo variable <varname>$this</varname> is
not available inside the method declared as static.
</para>
+
+  <para>
+   In fact <literal>static</literal> method calls are resolved at compile
+   time. When using an explicit class name the method is already identified
+   completley and no inheritance rules apply. If the call is done by
+   <literal>self</literal> then <literal>self</literal> is translated to
+   the current class, that is the class the code belongs to. Here also no
+   inheritance rules apply.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   Static properties cannot be accessed through the object using the arrow
+   operator -&gt;.
+  </para>

<example>
<title>Static member example</title>
@@ -49,7 +63,9 @@

$foo = new Foo();
print $foo->staticValue() . "\n";
-print $foo->my_static . "\n";      // Undefined my_static
+print $foo->my_static . "\n";      // Undefined "Property" my_static
+
+// $foo::my_static   is not possible

print Bar::$my_static . "\n";
$bar = new Bar();