I've been looking if there exists something like a static initializer in PHP.
Here is a static method as a Java example:
public class Foo {
static { //This is what I mean (Does this exist in other languages like PHP?
//THIS IN PHP
}
}
I found what it's name (static initializer). It is used the first time the Class its loaded. Seems like theres not static initializer in PHP.
I don't think PHP provides any direct ways to initialize classes like it's done in Java or C#. If you want to initialize static class members you can do it within a constructor, something like this:
class MyClass {
private static $staticValue;
public function __construct() {
if (self::$staticValue === null){
self::$staticValue = 'Nice';
}
}
}
However, the above approach won't work if you never instantiate your class. That means that accessing static class members won't trigger the code in __construct unfortunately, and I don't think there's any workaround for this problem in PHP.
public static function init(){ Class::Foo = new Foo(); } That's the way i did it, the only problem i have to call init() but well. :·) Thanks alot.Static properties and methods in PHP
class SomeClass {
private static $property = 'Foo';
public static function getProperty() {
return self::$property;
}
}
SomeClass::getProperty();
Non static properties and methods
class SomeClass {
private $property = 'Foo';
public function getProperty() {
return $this->property;
}
}
$class = new SomeClass();
$class->getProperty();
static block(initializer), it is only a method as static.