No late static binding in PHP 5 :(
File this under “that’s not what I expected.” More info here.
<?php
class SomeParent
{
public static function sayMyName()
{
print get_class();
}
}
class SomeChild extends SomeParent
{
}
// prints SomeParent, as of PHP 5.2.1
SomeChild::sayMyName();
?>
Sending the class name from an overridden method in the child class works:
class SomeChild extends SomeParent
{
public static function sayMyName()
{
parent::sayMyName(get_class());
}
}
…but it kind of sucks to have to remember to do that.
