Re: [PHP] static variables inside static methods

2011-07-06 Thread David Harkness
2011/7/6 Дмитрий Степанов > PHP documentation of static keywords does not unambiguously explain > behavior > of "static" variables inside methods in example #1. I believe that in > example #1 the exactly same instance of function (method) is used > irregarding of how you call it (X::test() or Y::

Re: [PHP] static variables inside static methods

2011-07-06 Thread Дмитрий Степанов
>> The second case is referencing the varible of the class. Maybe you are right. However, I don't really think that there is a true "reference" to the class var in example #2. PHP documentation of static keywords does not unambiguously explain behavior of "static" variables inside methods in examp

Re: [PHP] static variables inside static methods

2011-07-06 Thread Andrew Williams
I think you are confusing scope visibility level of the variable within method and the class. Variable within the method is going to 1 because it was declare within the test method and there no link to the one declared outside the test method. The second case is referencing the varible of the cl

[PHP] static variables inside static methods

2011-07-06 Thread Дмитрий Степанов
Hello, everybody. While working with static variables inside static class' methods, I have found this very interesting (at least for me) behavior of PHP. Consider the following class definitions (example #1): class X { public final static function test() { static $i; return ++$i; } } class Y ex