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<div id="function.forward-static-call" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<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>
</div>
<a name="function.forward-static-call.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><b>forward_static_call</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.callback" class="type callback">callback</a></span> <tt class="parameter">$function</tt></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <tt class="parameter">$parameter</tt></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <tt class="parameter">$...</tt></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Calls a user defined function or method given by the <i><tt class="parameter">function</tt></i>
parameter, with the following arguments. This function must be called within a method
context, it can't be used outside a class.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.forward-static-call.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">function</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<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.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">parameter</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Zero or more parameters to be passed to the function.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.forward-static-call.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the function result, or <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> on error.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.forward-static-call.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 <b>forward_static_call()</b> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<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>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
<div class="example-contents para"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
B
B more,args
C other,args
</pre></div>
</div>
</div><p>
</p>
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<a name="function.forward-static-call.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.forward-static-call-array.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">forward_static_call_array()</a> - Call a static method and pass the arguments as array</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.call-user-func-array.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">call_user_func_array()</a> - Call a user function given with an array of parameters</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.call-user-func.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">call_user_func()</a> - Call a user function given by the first parameter</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.is-callable.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">is_callable()</a> - Verify that the contents of a variable can be called as a function</li>
<li class="member">information about the <a href="language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.callback" class="link">callback</a> type</li>
</ul><p>
</p>
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