PHP call static workaround for PHP 5.2

Question

Is there are way to get __callStatic, or similar, functionality in PHP 5.2?

I\'m finishing a PHP Framework and need to use this functionality for a Database ORM clas

Answer 1

Not in a static capacity. Technically speaking Rails, CakePHP, etc don't call these types of dynamic methods statically. Not to get in a philosophical debate, but if backward compatibility is a requirement, you could shift your paradigm and use __call(). In which case you would call with an object like ModelObject->find_by_col2_or_col4. Of course I understand that's probably not what you wanted to hear.

It's PHP, there's probably some kind of way to hack it, but I don't believe a native method exists.