Faking Late Static Binding before php 5.3

Question

I need an inherited static function \"call\" to call another static function \"inner\" that has been overridden. I could do this with late static binding, but my host does

Answer 1

Here's a quick example.

inner();
   }

   static function inner(){
      return "Class A";
   }

   static function init($class){
      return new $class();
   }   
}

class ClassB extends ClassA{
   static function inner(){
      return "Class B";
   }
}

echo "
Class A = " . ClassA::init("ClassA")->call();
echo "
Class B = " . ClassB::init("ClassB")->call();

?>

If you don't like passing in the class name you could add a static init function to the child class and explicitly pass it there as well. This would allow you to do something like: ClassA::init()->call() and ClassB::init()->call() but would have some minor code duplication.