Dyanmically Call Static Member

[ryanmhuc@yahoo.com]

Is it possible to dyanmically call a classes static member or property?
So something like

class test1 {
static $staticVar = "Help";
}

$className = "test1";
echo $className::$st aticVar;

This produces an error. Does anyone know if its possible? Thanks

[reandeau]

Re: Dyanmically Call Static Member

This is a known bug / limitation in PHP. See

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=30716

Jon Tjemsland

[reandeau]

Re: Dyanmically Call Static Member

Found a work around to dyanmically calling a classes static member.
Try the following with eval:

$className = "test1";
eval('$instance = ' . $className . '::$staticVar;' );
echo "test: $instance";


Let me know how it goes.

Jon Tjemsland