forward_static_call

Call a static method

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Calls a user defined function or method given by the `function` parameter, with the following arguments. This function must be called within a method context, it can't be used outside a class. It uses the late static binding.

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`function`

- 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.

`parameter`

- Zero or more parameters to be passed to the function.

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Returns the function result, or &false; on error.

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### `forward_static_call` example

    <?php

    class A
    {
        const NAME = 'A';
        public static function test() {
            $args = func_get_args();
            echo static::NAME, " ".join(',', $args)." \n";
        }
    }

    class B extends A
    {
        const NAME = 'B';

        public static function test() {
            echo self::NAME, "\n";
            forward_static_call(array('A', 'test'), 'more', 'args');
            forward_static_call( 'test', 'other', 'args');
        }
    }

    B::test('foo');

    function test() {
            $args = func_get_args();
            echo "C ".join(',', $args)." \n";
        }

    ?>

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    B
    B more,args
    C other,args

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- `forward_static_call_array`
- `call_user_func_array`
- `call_user_func`
- `is_callable`
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