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Bug #55311 Static methods invoke __call when called from within class
Submitted: 2011-07-28 21:04 UTC Modified: 2011-07-30 19:10 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: steve at twitpic dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.3.6 OS: Ubuntu 11.04
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-07-28 21:04 UTC] steve at twitpic dot com 
Description:
------------
When calling a non-existant static method within an objects method, php invokes 
_call instead of 
__callStatic. When calling the same non-existant static method outside of the 
object, php correctly 
invokes __callStatic.

It appears that this broke in php5.3.5 and is still broken in 5.3.6. It works as 
expected in 5.3.3, 
however.

Test script:
---------------
class Test {

  public function __call($method, $args) {
   echo "call\n";
  }

  public static function __callStatic($method, $args) {
   echo "callStatic\n";
  }

  public function testing() {

    Test::fakeFunction();

  }

}

$t = new Test;
$t->testing();
Test::fakeFunction();

Expected result:
----------------
// expected output
callStatic
callStatic

Actual result:
--------------
// output
call
callStatic

Patches

bug55311.phpt (last revision 2011-07-29 03:31 UTC by laruence@php.net)
bug55311.patch (last revision 2011-07-29 03:29 UTC by laruence@php.net)

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 [2011-07-29 03:28 UTC] laruence@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2011-07-29 03:28 UTC] laruence@php.net 
looks like for some reason someone change the if/else sequence make this bug, but I am not sure why he do this.
 [2011-07-29 03:29 UTC] laruence@php.net 
The following patch has been added/updated:

Patch Name: bug55311.patch
Revision:   1311910177
URL:        https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=55311&patch=bug55311.patch&revision=1311910177
 [2011-07-29 03:31 UTC] laruence@php.net 
The following patch has been added/updated:

Patch Name: bug55311.phpt
Revision:   1311910279
URL:        https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=55311&patch=bug55311.phpt&revision=1311910279
 [2011-07-29 08:33 UTC] cataphract@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Bogus
 [2011-07-29 08:33 UTC] cataphract@php.net 
Closing as bogus, see http://www.mail-archive.com/internals@lists.php.net/msg52338.html
 [2011-07-29 15:56 UTC] steve at twitpic dot com 
This is ridiculous- this bug is not bogus, it's completely legitimate, unexpected 
behavior, and totally non documented. As a reasonable programmer, one expects a 
static call to behave the same inside of a class as well as outside of a class.

How can we bring the "desired" behavior up for vote? I think that it's insane to 
not fix it.
 [2011-07-30 19:10 UTC] cataphract@php.net 
> one expects a static call to behave the same 
> inside of a class as qell as outside of a class

The thing is it's not a static call. :: only defines the scope (hence its name, "Scope Resolution Operator"), it doesn't determine whether the call is static or it isn't.
 [2012-06-24 19:20 UTC] info at dillenm dot nl 
This IS a bug!
Because according to PHP.net: 
[...]is a token that allows access to static, constant, and overridden properties 
or methods of a class.[...]

This means that the "::" character should access the method or property staticly.
 
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