Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC [closed]

Question

class Employee 
{
    public static $favSport = "Football";

    public static function watchTV()
    {
        echo "Watching ".static::$favSport;
    }
}

class Executive extends Employee 
{
    public static $favSport = "Polo";
}

echo Executive::watchTV();

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC on line 7

Why do I get parse error & and how to fix it? Thanks!

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powtac
– powtac

2011-01-12 12:12:26 +00:00
Commented Jan 12, 2011 at 12:12 — powtac
– powtac, Commented Jan 12, 2011 at 12:12

Ares · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-03 01:01:40Z

26

The parse error here:

echo "Watching ".static::$favSport;

is because late static bindings were introduced in PHP v5.3. Your php version (<5.3) doesn't recognize static::$favSport.

There isn't any way I can think of to fix it for PHP older than 5.3, other than with object inheritance (which isn't really a fix per se since it doesn't have anything to do with static)...

edited Jan 3, 2017 at 1:01

Ares

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answered Jan 12, 2011 at 12:05

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2 Comments

BoltClock Over a year ago

@Pekka: PHP 4 would choke on the public keyword :)

Fabio Poloni Over a year ago

How about replacing static with the classname?

dennis muthuri · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-19 06:56:58Z

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I had the same problem, but i used self in the place of static for my php version that's 5.2.1 well older than 5.3 http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.late-static-bindings.php

answered Sep 19, 2012 at 6:56

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