[same2cool]

I made a simple
Static Function.

can anyone tell me more?

what is static variable use actually?
what is its benefits?
teach me a good simple static function.

my code is :

<?php  
    echo "<p>My Computer getting old each year.</p>";  
    function age()
        {  
        static $age = 1;  
        echo "Computer age update: ". $age . "<br />"; //dot operator to used HTML tag.
        $age++;  
        }  
    age();  
    age();  
    age();  
 ?>

[MrFujin]

there is a description of static in the PHP documentation and at this (near example 4).


Basically, static means the variable/function only exists once in the whole process and is "shared" across all instances.

[same2cool]

Originally Posted by MrFujin

Basically, static means the variable/function only exists once in the whole process and is "shared" across all instances.

friend that i know; my teacher told me it.

but i checked php.net site, too much data, php.net makes me confuse, because I am newbie,

php.net used simple class function itself.

and my teacher did not teach me class still.

it is like

I wrote here, which i learned in Static Variable in PHP post.

give me simple simple concept that i can try in wampserver.

[MrFujin]

Looking at the code you have posted.

When you call age() three times, it should have this output:

Computer age update: 1
Computer age update: 2
Computer age update: 3

This is because of the static, which let it "re-use" the same variable for each call.

If you didn't specify age with static keyword, it would "re-create" the variable every time you call the function. The output - without static - would therefore be

Computer age update: 1
Computer age update: 1
Computer age update: 1

[same2cool]

Originally Posted by MrFujin

Computer age update: 1
Computer age update: 1
Computer age update: 1

great thing you told me; my teacher forgot to tell me this. lolx.

[Triple_Nothing]

echo "Computer age update: ". $age . "<br />"; //dot operator to used HTML tag.

Just curious about your comment after the code... If you are referencing the period sign needed because of the HTML, this is false. It is more a connecting item, but can be to anything.

echo 'Yesterday, when ' . $firstName . $lastName . ' went to the supermarket...'; 

Now, the one thing that doesn't make this the best example is the fact that there will be no space between the person's first and last name, but I was just to offer a view that the . just seperates/connects multiple items within the same line.

[same2cool]

okay sir i'll remind it.