Hi,
> not sure if this was mentioned on the general list but, i believe what > youre describing is documented in the manual under php5 classes/objects -> > "the basics": > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php > > $this is a reference to the calling object (usually the object to which > the method belongs, but can be another object, if the method is called > statically <http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.static.php> from > the context of a secondary object). > > -nathan > I know this behaviour is fully documented, but I was more concerned about "is it a 'normal' behaviour ?". How can a programmer controls the class he wrote, and make it absolutely bugproof ? How can he detect his function was called in a static context and forbid it (or write specific code for) ? Olivier
