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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] __call_static() Magic Method
From: jani.taskinen@sci.fi (Jani Taskinen)

Sara Golemon kirjoitti:
> Attached is a patch which exports an internals hook in zend_class_entry 
> for fetching function pointers similar to the object hook get_method() 
> available to instance methods.
> 
> This patch also exports a userspace hook __call_static() which operates 
> in the fashion of the current __call() magic method, but for static calls.
> 
> Wez called for some functionality like this a few weeks ago for a COM 
> wrapper (or something similar), and I noticed there was actually a 
> comment in the engine about how this should eventually be done anyway...
> 
> Usage example:
> 
> class foo
> {
>     public static function __call_static($fname, $args)
>     {
>         echo "foo::{$fname}() called staticly with ",
>              count($args), " parameters\n";
>     }
> }
> 
> foo::randomMethod(1,2,3);
> 
> 
> I considered setting get_static_method to zend_std_get_static_method() 
> by default (avoiding the if set check during runtime), but all the other 
> hoooks follow this pattern so I went with consistency.
> 
> If noone comments to the negative, I'll commit next friday (7/20)...

As long as you MFH, I don't mind.

--Jani