extending static methods in php

Question

class Foo {
  public static function foobar() {
    self::whereami();
  }

  protected static function whereami() {
    echo 'foo';
  }
}

class Bar extends Foo {
  protected static function whereami() {
    echo 'bar';
  } 
}

Foo::foobar();
Bar::foobar();

expected result foobar actual result foofoo

to make matters worse, the server is restricted to php 5.2

PHP 5.3 introduced [late static bindings](http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.late-static-bindings.php). Looks like you might be out of luck with 5.2 — Phil, May 02 '11 at 04:10

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 05 '15 at 17:20

All you need is a one-word change!

The problem is in the way you call whereami(), instead of self:: you should use static::. So class Foo should look like this:

class Foo {
  public static function foobar() {
    static::whereami();
  }
  protected static function whereami() {
    echo 'foo';
  }
}

In another word, 'static' actually makes the call to whereami() dynamic :) - it depends on what class the call is in.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '11 at 06:30

Try to use singleton pattern:

<?php

class Foo {
    private static $_Instance = null;

    private function __construct() {}

    private function __clone() {}

    public static function getInstance() {
        if(self::$_Instance == null) {
            self::$_Instance = new self();
        }
        return self::$_Instance;
    }

    public function foobar() {
        $this->whereami();
    }

    protected function whereami() {
        print_r('foo');
    }
}
class Bar extends Foo {
    private static $_Instance = null;

    private function __construct() {}

    private function __clone() {}

    public static function getInstance() {
        if(self::$_Instance == null) {
            self::$_Instance = new self();
        }
        return self::$_Instance;
    }

    protected function whereami() {
        echo 'bar';
    } 
}

Foo::getInstance()->foobar();
Bar::getInstance()->foobar();


?>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 02 '11 at 04:04

Don't you have to overwrite the parent function foobar() too?

class Foo {
  public static function foobar() {
    self::whereami();
  }
  protected static function whereami() {
    echo 'foo';
  }
}
class Bar extends Foo {
  public static function foobar() {
    self::whereami();
  }
  protected static function whereami() {
    echo 'bar';
  } 
}

Foo::foobar();
Bar::foobar();

extending static methods in php

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