On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 14:48, Michael B Allen wrote:
> Is there any way to have static functions and members of an Object w/ PHP 4.3? Like:
>
> class Auth {
> static var error;
>
> static function authenticate() {
> ...
> }
> }
>
> Auth::authenticate();
>
> ?
>
> The documentation suggests this is possible but I can't seem to make it work. Is this behavior specific to PHP 5?
In PHP4 if you don't make use of $this in a class method then it can be
used as a static function.
PHP4 does not support static class vars, instead you need to use a
static function with a static variable.
<?php
class Auth
{
function authenticate()
{
...
}
function staticVar( $setValue=null )
{
static $myStaticVar = null;
if( $setValue !== null )
{
$myStaticVar = $setValue;
}
return $myStaticVar;
}
}
?>
Cheers,
Rob.
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