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Call static functions without assiging an object

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bimal
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:01 pm Post subject: Call static functions without assiging an object

It is possible to write fairly complex Smarty Template tags. The one that saved my time was the ability to call static methods, without assigning any object.

Code:

{tools::random_text(6)}
{tools::random_text($length)}

and a real life example is:

Code:

<a href="results.php?random={tools::random_text($length)}">Results</a>

which helps to force reloading the results.php page, without caching in the browser.

Much interesting is that $length is a Smarty variable, and not a regular PHP variable. But the compiled files produce results as expected.

tools is a class, having random_text() as static function.

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