Date: 09/15/07 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php

I'm trying to push PHP5 OOP to the limit, and it's breaking instead of bending :) What am I doing wrong? 

Here's what I'd like to do - 

class Message {
   public static function getMessageType() {
     return self::MY_CONSTANT;
  }
}

class IncomingMessage extends Message {
   const MY_CONSTANT = "a"; 
}

class OutgoingMessage extends Message {
   const MY_CONSTANT = "b";
}

class Message {
   public static function test() {
     return self::getMyConstant();
  }
  
  public static function getMyConstant() {
   return "0";
  }
}
class IncomingMessage extends Message {
   public static function getMyConstant() {return "a";}
}
class OutgoingMessage extends Message {
   public static function getMyConstant() {return "b";}
}
echo OutgoingMessage::test();

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/585907.html