Description:
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I ran into some very strange behavior while experimenting with static function variables. Static variables in the function scope appear to be resolved using late static binding: the content of the variable in that function is shared amongst all instances of a class, though each subclass gets its own separate variable space.

This is pretty logical and works fine. As an example, let's create classes Base => Animal => {Cat,Dog}. Base has a function that describes the class, and caches the result in a static function variable $description. Calling describe() on the three different classes correctly gives us three different results: http://3v4l.org/Qldve

However, once you override the describe function in Animal and call parent::describe() from within, it looks like all calling information is lost: the resolution of $description in Base's function scope now always points to Animal's variable space. For example: http://3v4l.org/CcrL8

I would have expected the static function variable and get_called_class() to always refer to the same class/variable space, parent:: or not.

Overriding the function in one of the childmost classes like Dog gives an even stranger result: $description is now correctly a separate value in Cat vs Dog, but calling Animal::describe() now uses the value left by its child class Cat?! See: http://3v4l.org/61P72

Test script:
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class Base {
    public static function describe() {
        echo "--> " . ($calculated = "I am a " . get_called_class() . "\n");
        
        static $cached = null;
        
        if ($cached === null) {
            $cached = $calculated;
        }
        
        return $cached;
    }
}

class Animal extends Base {
    public static function describe() {
        return 'Hello! ' . parent::describe();
    }
}

class Cat extends Animal { }
class Dog extends Animal { }

echo Cat::describe();
echo Dog::describe();
echo Animal::describe();

Expected result:
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--> I am a Cat
Hello! I am a Cat

--> I am a Dog
Hello! I am a Dog

--> I am a Animal
Hello! I am a Animal

Actual result:
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--> I am a Cat
Hello! I am a Cat

--> I am a Dog
Hello! I am a Cat

--> I am a Animal
Hello! I am a Cat