Is there any way in Laravel (5.2) to call static and non-static functions in a custom object without instantiating the referring object in all classes used?
Example: I have class App\Helpers\Utilities.php with public function doBeforeTask()
I'm using this method in a lot of classes within my project, and it would be pretty if I could call Utilities::doBeforeTask() or Utilities->doBeforeTask() without creating an instance of my Utilities object $obj = new Utilities();
define your method as static method. and call it anywhere with following code:
Utilities::doBeforeTask();
Code structure of file App\Helpers\Utilities.php
namespace App\Library;
class Utilities {
//added new user
public static function doBeforeTask() {
// ... you business logic.
}
}
Define your method as a static method. and call it anywhere
let's take an example
namespace App\Http\Utility;
class ClassName{
public static function methodName(){
// ... you business logic.
}
}
where you want to use specify the namespace
like this:
use App\Http\Utility\ClassName;
ClassName::methodName();
Don't forget to run
composer dump-autoload
If it's a method that you cannot change to static (i.e. it's a vendor file) then you can do this in PHP >= 5.4
$something = (new Something)->foo("bar");
Laravel also has a Facade implementation, which is probably what TS had in mind. These Facades will do basically everything for you and most likely also solves the "vendor-file" issue.
https://www.larashout.com/creating-custom-facades-in-laravel
basically you have to provide an instance of it and point your facade to it, which in turn get's an alias you register. everything is explained in above url.
Define static function
class Foo
{
public static function staticFunction() {
return 'Hello World';
}
}
now call Foo::staticFunction()
For dynamic static calls
Utilities::anyMethod($args);
PHP code
<?php
namespace App\Library;
class Utilities {
public function anyMethod() {
// simple code
}
public static function __callStatic($method, $args)
{
$instance = static::resolveFacadeInstance(static::getFacadeAccessor());
switch (count($args))
{
case 0:
return $instance->$method();
case 1:
return $instance->$method($args[0]);
case 2:
return $instance->$method($args[0], $args[1]);
case 3:
return $instance->$method($args[0], $args[1], $args[2]);
case 4:
return $instance->$method($args[0], $args[1], $args[2], $args[3]);
default:
return call_user_func_array(array($instance, $method), $args);
}
}
}
}
public static function doBeforeTask()accomplish exactly what you need?