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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:19 pm

I get an error if this code is in a file.

Encoder Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' at ...

why??

Code:

static function &getStaticProperty($class, $var)
{
static $properties;
if (!isset($properties[$class])) {
$properties[$class] = array();
}

if (!array_key_exists($var, $properties[$class])) {
$properties[$class][$var] = null;
}

return $properties[$class][$var];
}

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:10 am

Hello.
First, the ...static function... has to be inside a class, otherwise you got a syntax error. Second you do not have $properties initialized. And finally it is far better to put the ...static $properties... as a static property of the class. Assuming my guess for your code functionality is correct, it should look like this if you want it as a function:

Code:

function &getStaticProperty($class, $var) {

static $properties = array();

if (!isset($properties[$class])) {
$properties[$class] = array();
}
if (!array_key_exists($var, $properties[$class])) {
$properties[$class][$var] = null;
}
return $properties[$class][$var];
}

or like this if you want it as a class:

Code:

class YourClassName {

static protected $properties = array();

static public function &getStaticProperty($class, $var) {
if (!isset(self::$properties[$class])) {
self::$properties[$class] = array();
}
if (!array_key_exists($var, self::$properties[$class])) {
self::$properties[$class][$var] = null;
}
return self::$properties[$class][$var];
}
}