PHP: A class called 'static'

Question

Is there a way around the following:

class static extends parents {
    // etc
}

Where 'static' is the name of the class and 'parents' is a legal extended class name.

The following throws this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_STRING

Any help/suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.

_static is not good? No, seriously, I don't know any workaround and I'm afraid there aren't any. — Gabber, Oct 06 '12 at 17:26
There is no way around this. static is a reserved word in PHP. http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.keywords.php — Brendan, Oct 06 '12 at 17:28
More info here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11792070/php-reserved-words-as-namespaces-and-class-names — Adam Plocher, Oct 06 '12 at 17:32

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '12 at 17:29

static is a keyword. You can not use them as a class name. In php.net its clearly stated.

These words have special meaning in PHP. Some of them represent things which look like functions, some look like constants, and so on - but they're not, really: they are language constructs. You cannot use any of the following words as constants, class names, function or method *names*. Using them as variable names is generally OK, but could lead to confusion.

PHP: A class called 'static'

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