Find out if a method exists in a static class
Update:
Ahh, apologies. I was temporarily blind :) You'll want to use the magic constant __CLASS__
e.g.
if (method_exists(__CLASS__, "test3")) { echo "Hi"; }
static::class
is available since PHP 5.5, and will return the "Late Static Binding" class name:
class myClass {
public static function test()
{
echo static::class.'::test()';
}
}
class subClass extends myClass {}
subClass::test() // should print "subClass::test()"
get_called_class()
does the same, and was introduced in PHP 5.3
class myClass {
public static function test()
{
echo get_called_class().'::test()';
}
}
class subClass extends myClass {}
subClass::test() // should print "subClass::test()"
The get_class()
function, which as of php 5.0.0 does not require any parameters if called within a class will return the name of the class in which the function was declared (e.g., the parent class):
class myClass {
public static function test()
{
echo get_class().'::test()';
}
}
class subClass extends myClass {}
subClass::test() // prints "myClass::test()"
The __CLASS__
magic constant does the same [link].
class myClass {
public static function test()
{
echo __CLASS__.'::test()';
}
}
class subClass extends myClass {}
subClass::test() // prints "myClass::test()"