Hello Everyone,

I've recently discovered the power of static functions but I am not sure that I am using them correctly. I am able to solve problems much more quickly with them, but I guess I have a question of placement when using static functions.

Say I've got a main page class called Page and within the class I have a static function:



static function getAnswer()
{
return Page::getNum();
}


This static function is calling another static function that is in the same class Page. Instead of saying Page:: is there anyway to say Self:: or something like that? Basically trying to say $this->::getNum() but that of course is not correct. I just don't want to hard code the class name, incase I want to pull these out later and build their own static-function build variables class or something. I would like each static function to be able to call other static functions in the same class.

Thanks

I think you can use self::getNum() and I think it will work .I have tested it for static data members and hope it will work for member functions also.

Plz let me know whether it worked!!

That works beautifully!

Example:

Class Statics
{

static function someFunction()
{
return do something
}

static function otherFunction()
{
return self::someFunction()
}

}

You can call other static functions of the same class by using self:: instead of the actual class name. (Statics:: in this case)

Thank You!