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[toshog]

hi all..

can sombody explain in a few lines what is the difference in calling a class function in this cases:

case 1:
$moo = new foo();
$n = $moo->give(5+5);

and case 2:
$n = foo::give(5+5);

thanks...

[kubis]

in the second case is method give() called statically, in the second one is called a method on instance of foo object..

for more info:

http://mirrors.inway.cz/manual/en/language.oop5.php

[toshog]

in the second one is called a method on instance of foo ob....

you mean 'in the first one'?!....

i'll check the link, thanks, but how do i load the class for the static call? or how does the script know where to find it?

[Weedpacket]

Exactly the same way it would find it for the instance call.

(One difference that should be pointed out between static and instance calls: you can't use $this in a static method - because there's no object for "$this" to refer to.)