Hi all,
I'm wanting to define a static method on a base class that then
instantiates and returns an object of the type the static method was
called on. I've searched the docs and Googled but everything I find says
it's not possible and I just wanna check to make sure before I admit defeat.
Say I have the following...
class Foo
{
public static function & Create()
{
$classname = ???;
return new $classname;
}
}
class Bar extends Foo { }
$obj = Bar::Create();
What do I put where the ???s are? I've tried __CLASS__ and get_class()
but both give me the base class name. Short of passing the classname to
the static function I'm at a loss as to how to do this. However,
Bar::Create('Bar') is a bit too sucky for me to be happy with it and
kinda defeats the object.
Thanks.
-Stut
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