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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Static class property can be accessed as $object::$property?
From: colder@php.net (Etienne Kneuss)

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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:12 PM <kelerest123@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I'd be very thankful for a clear explanation on this:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35656898
>
>
> May be it's just a word game and I don't understand it correctly, but
> documentation states one, though $object::$staticProperty works in all
> versions (tested on 3v4l).
>

$obj::$foo is a shortcut for $cl = get_class($obj); $cl::$foo;

The static property is stored at the level of the class. What the
documentation means is that you cannot access a static property using
$obj->foo; you have to use "::" .

Best,

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