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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:48:50 +0000
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Subject: Static class variables and $this
From: zhundiak@comcast.net

Can someone point me to some more information on using PHP 5's static class variables?  All I have been able to find is the zend php5 changes page.
Consider:
error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
class foo
{
  static $cnt = 0;
  function getCnt1() { return $this->cnt; } // Does not work, undefined variable
  function getCnt2() { return foo:$cnt; }   // Works as expected
}
$obj = new foo();
echo $obj->getCnt1();

It seems that I should be able to access static class variables from inside of created objects using $this.
Tested with php5b3.