Late Static Bindings (PHP 5.3)

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// Limitation of Self:: in PHP 5.2
// before Late Static Binding PHP 5.3
class A {
    public static function who() {
        echo __CLASS__;
    }
    public static function test() {
        self::who();
    }
}
 
class B extends A {
    public static function who() {
        echo __CLASS__;
    }
}
 
B::test(); // This will output: A
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// Late Static Binding in PHP 5.3
class A {
    public static function who() {
        echo __CLASS__;
    }
    public static function test() {
        static::who(); // Late Static Bindings
    }
}
 
class B extends A {
    public static function who() {
        echo __CLASS__;
    }
}
 
B::test(); // This will output: B

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