From: pretzlaw at gmail dot com Operating system: Ubuntu 12.10 L 3.5.0-27-generic PHP version: 5.4.14 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Static methods with static variables keep their value
Description: ------------ Inherit a class with a static method. The static method has static variable in it. Now execute both methods and watch the variable. It wont change from one class to another. Test script: --------------- <?php class A { function __construct() { echo get_class($this->getInstance()), PHP_EOL, get_class(static::getInstance()), PHP_EOL, get_class(self::getInstance()), PHP_EOL; } public static function getInstance() { static $getInstance; if (null == $getInstance) $getInstance = self::makeInstance(); return $getInstance; } public static function makeInstance() { return new stdClass(); } } $a = new A(); class B extends A { function __construct() { echo get_class($this->getInstance()), PHP_EOL, get_class(static::getInstance()), PHP_EOL, get_class(self::getInstance()), PHP_EOL; } public static function makeInstance() { return new ArrayObject(); } } $a = new B(); Expected result: ---------------- stdClass stdClass stdClass ArrayObject ArrayObject stdClass Actual result: -------------- stdClass stdClass stdClass stdClass stdClass stdClass -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64645&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64645&r=mysqlcfg