Can you override a static class method?

wizhippo

I need to override the

eg:

class child extends parent
{
function &getConnection()
{
return "fred";
}

function fetch()
{
return parent::fethobject();
}
}

class parent
{
function &getConnection()
{
return "bob";
}

function fetchobject()
{
NEED TO CALL CHILDS GETCONNECTION HERE WITHOUT SAYING
child::getConnection();
AS THIS BREAKS THE INHARITANCE
}
}

is this possible?

ahundiak

I am not sure I understand what you are trying to do but:

class parent
{
  function fetchobject()
  {
    $this->getConnection();  /* Wiil call the child's method for child objects */
  }
}

wizhippo

That dosn't work because $this dosn't exist yet as the funciton is being calles statically that is the constructor isn't called and an instance isn't created.

i wish i could do $this::method(); but that dosn't work. Should it?

ahundiak

So you are trying to do something like
child::fetch();
Which in turn calls
parent::fetchobject();

And then you want parent::fetchobject() to be able to call
child::getConnection without explicitly specifying child.

I guess the answer is: No you cannot override a static class function.

You could pass a class name as an argument to fetchobject.
But I think you would be better off creating an instance of the class and working with it.