Unable to create a PHP function with the same name as a static function. Results in the error message listed below. See: http://stackoverflow.com/q/25428887/617937

static-redeclare.php

<pre><?php

class Module
{
	// ---- Static methods ----
	
	private static $config = array();
	public static function get_config($module_name, $field)
	{
		if (!isset(Module::$config[$module_name]))
			{ return null; }
		else if (!isset(Module::$config[$module_name][$field]))
			{ return null; }
		else
			{ return Module::$config[$module_name][$field]; }
	}
	public static function set_config($module_name, $field, $value)
	{
		if (!isset(Module::$config[$module_name]))
			{ Module::$config[$module_name] = array(); }
		Module::$config[$module_name][$field] = $value;
	}
	
	// ---- Instance methods ----
	
	private $name;
	public function __construct($name)
	{
		$this->name = $name;
	}
	
	// Fatal error: Cannot redeclare Module::get_config() in [path]/static-redeclare.php on line 32
	public function get_config($field)
	{
		return Module::get_config($this->name, $field);
	}
	
	public function set_config($field, $value)
	{
		Module::set_config($this->name, $field, $value);
	}
}

print("------------------------\n");
$m1 = new Module("module1");
$m1->set_config('var1', "Foo");
$m1->set_config('var2', "Bar");
print($m1->get_config('var1')."\n");
print("------------------------\n");