Level 104
They do have different outcomes in the case where you are having a class that inherits from this class; same as if you replace new self() with new static()
Nov 19, 2020
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Level 75
PHP general question
At times in a helper class I have something like:
protected static $instance;
if (!isset(self::$instance)) {
self::$instance = new self();
}
It's always worked. But recently I ran across this:
protected static $instance;
$myClass = get_called_class();
self::$instance = new $myClass;
I have never used get_called_class(), both work. Is one better than the other.
Level 75
No Inheritance, and no extends used. So would the examples I gave work the same, or which would you use?
I was basically re-writing an old paginator, and looking for ideas. Saw example here:
Level 104
For me, new static every time - get_called_class is effectively doing the same thing, i.e. getting the class name from the late static bound class. And it allows the class to be extended relatively easily
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