Check out the Zend website http://www.zend.com/manual/language.oop5.static.php Neil Morgan -----Original Message----- From: Joakim Ling [mailto:jl@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 02 March 2005 08:53 To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: static hi class foo { static public $a = 1; public function __construct() { echo $this->a; /* does not work */ echo foo::$a; /* work */ } } Can someone please explain to me why I have to call $a outside the class to get the value? -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php