Chaining Static Methods in PHP?
I like the solution provided by Camilo above, essentially since all you're doing is altering the value of a static member, and since you do want chaining (even though it's only syntatic sugar), then instantiating TestClass is probably the best way to go.
I'd suggest a Singleton pattern if you want to restrict instantiation of the class:
class TestClass
{
public static $currentValue;
private static $_instance = null;
private function __construct () { }
public static function getInstance ()
{
if (self::$_instance === null) {
self::$_instance = new self;
}
return self::$_instance;
}
public function toValue($value) {
self::$currentValue = $value;
return $this;
}
public function add($value) {
self::$currentValue = self::$currentValue + $value;
return $this;
}
public function subtract($value) {
self::$currentValue = self::$currentValue - $value;
return $this;
}
public function result() {
return self::$currentValue;
}
}
// Example Usage:
$result = TestClass::getInstance ()
->toValue(5)
->add(3)
->subtract(2)
->add(8)
->result();
class oop{
public static $val;
public static function add($var){
static::$val+=$var;
return new static;
}
public static function sub($var){
static::$val-=$var;
return new static;
}
public static function out(){
return static::$val;
}
public static function init($var){
static::$val=$var;
return new static;
}
}
echo oop::init(5)->add(2)->out();
Little crazy code on php5.3... just for fun.
namespace chaining;
class chain
{
static public function one()
{return get_called_class();}
static public function two()
{return get_called_class();}
}
${${${${chain::one()} = chain::two()}::one()}::two()}::one();