June 22, 2011
PHP method chaining
Question by Headspin
So i was wondering if there is a way to method chain, when the initial method is a static function. Here is what I mean:
class foo
{
public static function a()
{
$foo = new foo;
return $foo->bar();
}
public function bar()
{
return $this;
}
public function b()
{
return 1;
}
}
print foo::a()->b();
EDIT
print foo::a()->b(); not print foo:a()->b();
Answer by Starx
Static Methods or Other Methods, as long as the method is returning an object either self or some other, the methods can be chained, with the same method you are attempting.
class foo {
public function __construct() {
}
public function create() {
// create something;
return $this;
}
public function performSomethingElse() {
// perform something
return $this;
}
}
$object = new foo;
$object -> create() -> performSomethingElse();
