Posted by Mladen Gogala on 09/30/20 11:26

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:35:05 +0000, Peter Salzman wrote:

>
> What I really would like is the concept of static functions from the C
> programming language. A static function is one that has strict file scope:
> no function outisde the containing module sees the function.

What you described is called "private method".

class A {

public function now_you_see_me() {...}
private function now_you_dont() {}
}

Function "now_you_dont" will not be visible from any method which is not
a member function of the class A. That is available as of PHP5.

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