Static methods and properties accessed through a variable are not detected

[jack126guy]

The following code is reported as requiring PHP 5.0.0. However, accessing static methods and properties through a variable with the class name was added in PHP 5.3.0.

<?php
class MyClass {
        public static $t = 't';
        public static function test() {
                //Do something
        }
}

$name = 'MyClass';

//Following lines are supported only in PHP 5.3+
$name::test();
echo $name::$t;

[llaville]

Backport to branch 4.5 is planned later. Major version 5.0 (stable) is planned for saturday (+2 days now)

[jack126guy]

👍

Unfortunately, the issue is only partly solved. The case of a static method is handled, but not a static property. Perhaps I should have split my test file into two:

<?php
class MyClass {
        public static function test() {
                //Do something
        }
}

$name = 'MyClass';

//Following line is supported only in PHP 5.3+
$name::test();

<?php
class MyClass {
        public static $t = 't';
}

$name = 'MyClass';

//Following line is supported only in PHP 5.3+
echo $name::$t;

[llaville]

Don't noticed your comment, when you wrote it ! Sorry, but better late than never ;-)

Will be fixed with upcoming release 6.4

[llaville]

@jack126guy Now both use case are detected : see new specialized DynamicAccessSniff and unit tests Php53IssueTest.

[llaville]

Rule Reporter that is marked as experimental since previous release 6.3, give now expected results.

When invoking following command bin/phpcompatinfo analyser:run tests/fixtures/features/php53/ --output rule