[UPHPU] Child class references static variable of parent instead of its own

[Walt Haas]

On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 17:39 -0600, Richard K Miller wrote:
> Here's an OOP question that perplexes me. It seems PHP doesn't treat  
> static variables correctly in child classes
> ....
> WHAT I EXPECTED:
> Regular variable in ABC
> Static variable in ABC
> Regular variable in DEF
> Static variable in DEF
> 
> ACTUAL OUTPUT:
> Regular variable in ABC
> Static variable in ABC
> Regular variable in DEF
> Static variable in ABC <--- This is different from what I expected
> 
> Anyone know why?

Actually a better terminology to describe these variables is "class
variables" vs. "instance variables".  A static variable is bound to the
class definition itself, while a non-static variable gets a new instance
of the variable with each "new" instance of the class.  

-- Walt