php: Calling Static Classes through a variable

Question

Is there a way to call Static Classes / Methods by name?

Example:

$name = 'StaticClass';
($name)::foo();

I have classes which I keep all static methods in and I'd like to call them this way.

Kornel · Accepted Answer · 2008-12-24 10:39:35Z

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$name::foo()

is possible since PHP5.3. In earlier versions you have to use

call_user_func(array($classname,$methodname))

answered Dec 24, 2008 at 10:39

Kornel

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@KoolKabin: pass arguments as further arguments to call_user_func. There's also call_user_func_array. See php.net.

James · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-25 15:28:22Z

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You can do something like this using the call_user_func function

it would look something like the following

$name = 'staticClass';
call_user_func(array($name, 'foo'));

Hope this helps

James

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answered Dec 24, 2008 at 10:37

Anthony

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Yeah, that's the kind of stuff I'm looking for. Though I hoped it would be easier.