Re: Strange behaviour of static declared content.

[Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joshua Bacher wrote:
> >     I can't touch the API.
> >
> > i have never use static variables inside of functions and likely never will.
> > go for static class variables instead :)
> >
> > <?php
> > class foo{
> >         public static $foobar = false;
> >         public function bar(){
> >                 static $foobar=false;
> >                 if (self::$foobar === False){
> >                         self::$foobar='FUBeyondAllR';
> >                         echo self::$foobar . "\n";
> >                 }else{echo "already defined\n";}
> >         }
> > }
> >
> > $f=new foo();
> > $f->bar();
> > $f->bar();
> > foo::$foobar=false;
> > $f->bar();
> > ?>
> >
> > nathan@devel ~/working/www/siuConference $ php testScript.php
> > FUBeyondAllR
> > already defined
> > FUBeyondAllR
> >
> > -nathan
>
> thats the solution for the wrong problem. it's not up to me to change
> the API. the API is designed like i noted and i need a way to get around
> this behaviour.
>
> thanks for your idea any further suggestions?

In that case you need a new foo. That's the only way you're going to 
reset the internal static if the API doesn't give you a way to do it.

$f=new foo();
$f->bar();
$f->bar();
$g=new foo();
$g->bar();

-Stut

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