Access Static properties using PHP object

Question

This is with reference to Get a static property of an instance, I am a newbie and have the following code :

class Foo
{
   public static $my_static = 1;
}

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Answer 1

$instance::$staticProperty is simply a convenience shorthand for Class::$staticProperty. Since you already have an instance of a class and the syntax is unambiguous, PHP saves you from writing a potentially long class name. There's no functional difference.