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I'm using static properties quite a lot, often in combination with static classes. This is, where I often encounter a major drawback in PHP. It is not possible to write code like this:
<?php class Foo { private static $bar = new Bar(); public static function getBar() { return self::$bar; } public static function modifyBar() { self::$bar->doSomething(); } } ?>
In PHP. it is not possible to initialize a property with an object.
As long as a constructor is involved, this is no problem, as the workaround is to initialize this properties in the constructor:
<?php class Foo { private $bar; public function __construct() { $this->bar = new Bar(); } } ?>
But how could this be solved, when you never create an instance of Foo but only use static method calls? Continue reading "My wishlist for PHP6, pt4: static initializers"