EricMcWinNer

<?php

class A {
    public static function iAm() {
        return "A";
    }
}
 
// echo A::iAm();  // "A"

EricMcWinNer

<?php

class A {
    private function foo() {
        echo "success!\n";
    }
    public function test() {
        static::foo();
    }
}

EricMcWinNer

<?php

class Animal {
  public static function makeSound(){
    echo "Animal";
  }
  
  public static function vocalize() {
    echo static::makeSound(); 
  }

EricMcWinNer

<?php

class Animal {
  public static function makeSound(){
    echo "Animal";
  }
  
  public static function vocalize() {
    echo self::makeSound(); 
  }

EricMcWinNer

<?php

class A {
  public function nonStaticMethod(){
    echo "I am non-static"; 
  }
  
  public static function staticMethod() {
    echo "I am static" . self::nonStaticMethod(); // Throws error: Non-static method cannot be called statically
  }

EricMcWinNer

<?php

class A {
  public static function staticMethod() {
    echo "I am static"; 
  }
  
  public function nonStaticMethod() {
    echo "I am not static" . self::staticMethod(); // This works nicely.
  }

EricMcWinNer

<?php

class A {
  public function staticMethod() {
    echo get_class($this); 
  }
  
  public function otherStaticMethod() {
    self::staticMethod(); // This runs nicely. We can use self:: to access static methods from other static methods. 
  }

EricMcWinNer

<?php

class Animal {
  public static function makeSound(){
    echo "Animal";
  }
  
  public static function vocalize() {
    echo self::makeSound(); 
  }

EricMcWinNer

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Employer\Dashboard;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

use App\Models\User;

class HomeController extends Controller
{

EricMcWinNer

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model
{
    /**
     * The booted method of the model