How do I check in PHP that I'm in a static context (or not)?

Question

Is there any way I can check if a method is being called statically or on an instantiated object?

Answer 1

Try the following:

class Foo {    function bar() {       $static = !(isset($this) && $this instanceof self);    } } 

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Answer 2

"Digging it out of debug_backtrace()" isn't too much work. debug_backtrace() had a 'type' member that is '::' if a call is static, and '->' if it is not. So:

 class MyClass {     public function doStuff() {         if (self::_isStatic()) {             // Do it in static context         } else {             // Do it in object context         }     }      // This method needs to be declared static because it may be called     // in static context.     private static function _isStatic() {         $backtrace = debug_backtrace();          // The 0th call is to _isStatic(), so we need to check the next         // call down the stack.         return $backtrace[1]['type'] == '::';     } }