Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40837&edit=1
ID: 40837
Comment by: billco at fnarg dot com
Reported by: nick dot telford at gmail dot com
Summary: static and non-static functions can't have the same
name
Status: Not a bug
Type: Bug
Package: Class/Object related
Operating System: Irrelevant
PHP Version: 5.2.1
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Same here! This is a very useful pattern in other languages, where the same
method name can be used in both static and non-static contexts.
For example, a search() method in static context could create a new result
object, while the non-static form would search within an existing result set.
While it is possible to mimic this sort of behaviour by first creating a
"blank" object, it leads to dual-purpose methods (a big "if" statement),
resulting in messy, unmaintainable code. Why arbitrarily force developers to
violate good OOP practices ?
Previous Comments:
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[2012-06-28 08:15:27] info at renemaas dot de
Yeah this would be really helpful. I hope anybody of the PHP team will
implement
this kind of "stupid" feature. If not them please provide a "cool" solution for
using static and non-static functions.
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[2011-12-21 18:26:14] mac at macnewbold dot com
I agree with martijntje and nick.telford - the static function and normal
function of the same name shouldn't have any conflict, and it would be
extremely helpful to be able to define the same function for use both
statically and non-statically.
In the meantime, I'm going to try using __call() and __callStatic() to pretend
like this feature actually exists.
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[2011-11-26 22:17:42] martijntje at martijnotto dot nl
I have no idea why this bug is closed as 'bogus'. Just because the
documentation
states it is a certain way does not mean that it is right.
I, for one, believe that it should be possible to create both a static and a
member function with the same name. There would never be any confusion as to
which function should be called due to the difference of using the :: or ->
operator.
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[2007-03-16 17:40:02] [email protected]
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php
.
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[2007-03-16 16:44:17] nick dot telford at gmail dot com
Description:
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When declaring two functions in a class (methods) non-static and static
functions may not use the same names.
While I understand this, this is essentially wrong since static methods and
non-static methods are entirely different.
This also leads me on to another bug/feature suggestion I'm about to file about
not being able to overload static attributes with __set/__get.
Reproduce code:
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class Example {
public static function test() {}
public function test() {}
}
$example = new Example();
$example->test();
Example::test();
Expected result:
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No errors, all methods called correctly.
Actual result:
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PHP errors with: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare Example::test()
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