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<h1 class="refname">forward_static_call</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">forward_static_call</span> — <span class="dc-title">Call a static method</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>forward_static_call</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.types.callable.html" class="type callable">callable</a></span> <code class="parameter">$function</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$parameter</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$...</code></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Calls a user defined function or method given by the <em><code class="parameter">function</code></em>
parameter, with the following arguments. This function must be called within a method
context, it can't be used outside a class.
It uses the <a href="language.oop5.late-static-bindings.html" class="link">late static
binding</a>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.forward-static-call-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">function</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The function or method to be called. This parameter may be an array,
with the name of the class, and the method, or a string, with a function
name.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">parameter</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
Zero or more parameters to be passed to the function.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.forward-static-call-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the function result, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.forward-static-call-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>forward_static_call()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #007700">class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">A<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> const </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NAME </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'A'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> public static function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">test</span><span style="color: #007700">() {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$args </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">func_get_args</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /> echo static::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">NAME</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">" "</span><span style="color: #007700">.</span><span style="color: #0000BB">join</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">','</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$args</span><span style="color: #007700">).</span><span style="color: #DD0000">" \n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />}<br /><br />class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">B </span><span style="color: #007700">extends </span><span style="color: #0000BB">A<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> const </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NAME </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'B'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /> public static function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">test</span><span style="color: #007700">() {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">self</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">NAME</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">forward_static_call</span><span style="color: #007700">(array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'A'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'test'</span><span style="color: #007700">), </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'more'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'args'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">forward_static_call</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'test'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'other'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'args'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">B</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">test</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'foo'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">test</span><span style="color: #007700">() {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$args </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">func_get_args</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"C "</span><span style="color: #007700">.</span><span style="color: #0000BB">join</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">','</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$args</span><span style="color: #007700">).</span><span style="color: #DD0000">" \n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
B
B more,args
C other,args
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.forward-static-call-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.forward-static-call-array.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">forward_static_call_array()</a> - Call a static method and pass the arguments as array</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.call-user-func-array.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">call_user_func_array()</a> - Call a callback with an array of parameters</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.call-user-func.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">call_user_func()</a> - Call the callback given by the first parameter</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.is-callable.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">is_callable()</a> - Verify that the contents of a variable can be called as a function</span></li>
<li class="member">information about the <a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.callback" class="link">callback</a> type</li>
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