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[Daniel Convissor]

Joseph:

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 12:08:11PM -0500, Joseph Crawford wrote:
> Can anyone here explain or point me to a good description of what a
> static class is.

I didn't read your whole inquiry, but let's answer what I think you're 
asking.

Static has to do with how it can be used.  In object oriented programming, 
when using a class, one normally instantiates a class into an object 
variable, like this:

  $o = new SomeClass();
  $o->someMethod();

But, when a class is being used statically, you can use the method 
directly:

  SomeClass::someMethod();

But, be aware that functionality is limited when using classes statically 
because $this is not available inside the methods.

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.static.php

--Dan

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