On 26 Sep 2012, at 22:13, Yves Goergen <nospam.list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I couldn't find out whether PHP supports static constructors, and how
> the syntax is. The web and the PHP manual don't mention it. So is it not
> supported? If it is, is there a PHP version restriction?
If you mean what C# calls a static constructor, no that does not exist in PHP, but you can fake it. Make sure the class is in it's own file, and you can initialise it like so…
<?php
MyStaticClass::init();
class MyStaticClass
{
static public function init()
{
// Do initialisation here
}
}
Then, when the class file is required the initialisation method will automatically be executed. However, I wouldn't encourage you to use static classes like this. The singleton pattern would be my recommendation.
-Stuart
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