php man page for forward_static_call

FORWARD_STATIC_CALL(3)							 1						    FORWARD_STATIC_CALL(3)

forward_static_call - Call a static method

SYNOPSIS
       mixed forward_static_call (callable  $function, [mixed  $parameter], [mixed  $...])

DESCRIPTION
	Calls  a  user	defined  function  or  method given by the $function parameter, with the following arguments. This function must be called
       within a method context, it can't be used outside a class. It uses the late static binding.

PARAMETERS
	      o $function
		- The function or method to be called. This parameter may be an array, with the name of the class, and the method,  or	a  string,
		with a function name.

	      o $parameter
		- Zero or more parameters to be passed to the function.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the function result, or FALSE on error.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      forward_static_call(3) example

	      <?php

	      class A
	      {
		  const NAME = 'A';
		  public static function test() {
		      $args = func_get_args();
		      echo static::NAME, " ".join(',', $args)." 
";
		  }
	      }

	      class B extends A
	      {
		  const NAME = 'B';

		  public static function test() {
		      echo self::NAME, "
";
		      forward_static_call(array('A', 'test'), 'more', 'args');
		      forward_static_call( 'test', 'other', 'args');
		  }
	      }

	      B::test('foo');

	      function test() {
		      $args = func_get_args();
		      echo "C ".join(',', $args)." 
";
		  }

	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      B
	      B more,args
	      C other,args

SEE ALSO
       forward_static_call_array(3), call_user_func_array(3), call_user_func(3), is_callable(3), information about the callback type.

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