Syntax for calling a static method on a "variable" class?

Hi,

I have a classname in a variable, and I whish to call a static method on
that class, what's the syntax for that?

I'm using PHP5.

Eg.

<?php
class Foo {
public static function bar() {
echo "Foo bar";
}
}

$class_name = 'Foo';

$foo = new $class_name(); // I can do this.

$class_name::bar() // This is an error... "parse error, unexpected
T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM"

Foo::bar() // This is how it's normally done..
?>

So what I want to do is $class_name::bar(), is it possible and what is the
syntax?

Regards,

Peter Albertsson

re: Syntax for calling a static method on a "variable" class?

"Peter Albertsson" <Peter.ANTISPAM.Albertsson@antispOm.comhem.se> wrote in
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> Hi,
>
> I have a classname in a variable, and I whish to call a static method on
> that class, what's the syntax for that?[/color]

http://www.php.net/call_user_func/

re: Syntax for calling a static method on a "variable" class?

Great! Thanks!

// Peter

"Chung Leong" <chernyshevsky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Peter Albertsson" <Peter.ANTISPAM.Albertsson@antispOm.comhem.se> wrote in
> message news:N0I0e.133216$dP1.471164@newsc.telia.net...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a classname in a variable, and I whish to call a static method on
>> that class, what's the syntax for that?[/color]
>
> http://www.php.net/call_user_func/
>
>[/color]