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Subject: Bug Wrong resolution of "Late Static Binding" after self::method()
From: marc@mabe.berlin (Marc)

Hi,

I have reported a bug in Mai 2019 but did not get any response here 
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77985.


The problem is that "static::class" as well as "get_called_class()" used 
within a method resolves to a different class if this method was called 
with "self::method". Interestingly it works as expected if the method 
got called with "ClassName::method".


I send it here because fixing this could result in a hard to find BC 
break and it could be a good idea to handle this in 8.0.


https://3v4l.org/NSdB8

class A {
     static function call() {
         self::method();

         $self = self::class;
         $self::method();
     }
     static function method() { echo static::class; }
}

class B extends A {}

B::call(); // displays "BA" instead of "AA"


In case this is "Not a Bug" please explain to me why the result of 
"self::method()" is different then "$self = self::class; $self::method();".


Thanks,

Marc