php: Calling Static Classes through a variable

Question

Is there a way to call Static Classes / Methods by name?

Example:

$name = 'StaticClass';
($name)::foo();

I have classes which I keep all static methods in and I'd like to call them this way.

Answer 1

Hi,

You can do something like this using the call_user_func function

it would look something like the following

$name = 'staticClass';
user_call_func(array($name, 'foo'));

Hope this helps

Answer 2

$name::foo()

is possible since PHP5.3. In earlier versions you have to use

call_user_func(array($classname,$methodname))