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PHP's abstract static functions
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abstract_statics.php
<?php
abstract class AbstractClass {
abstract protected static function Something();
}
class GoodExtender extends AbstractClass {
protected static function Something() {
echo "something!\n";
}
public function something_else() {
self::Something();
}
}
// This works just fine
$good = new GoodExtender();
$good->something_else();
// This causes a fatal error, comment it out to see the above example
// work
class BadExtender extends AbstractClass {
public function somthing_public() {
echo "I didn't implement Something(), so this shouldn't work";
}
}
$bad = new BadExtender();
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