Hello Daniel, On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Daniel Convissor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks: > > I'm glad to see PHP 5.3 is allowing the use of variables to access > classes in a static context and documentation to that effect. (Thank > you Etienne, at least for the docs, if not the C code too.) Here's > what's in the docs at the moment: > > As of PHP 5.3.0, it's possible to reference the class using a > variable. Keywords like self, parent or static are not allowed > in dynamic class references. > > I didn't understand what the second sentence was saying. I was thinking > that _perhaps_ the method itself could not use static constructs, which > of course, doesn't make sense. Researching this issue lead me to the CVS > commit log for that addition says: > > Document the fact that $classname="self"; is not supported > > That made the situation very apparent. I would like to clarify the > documentation. Perhaps the last sentence can be changed to: > > The variable's value can not be a keyword (e.g. self, > parent, static).
Looks fine to me, please go ahead and commit this. As you may have seen, I documented this feature in multiple files, so be sure to change them all. Thanks in advance > > Or perhaps some folks here have some other preference? > > I have commit access to phpdoc. > > Thanks, > > --Dan > > -- > T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y > data intensive web and database programming > http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ > 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 > > -- Etienne Kneuss http://www.colder.ch Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. -- Pascal
