Chaining Static Methods in PHP?

Question

Is it possible to chain static methods together using a static class? Say I wanted to do something like this:

$value = TestClass::toValue(5)::add(3)::subtrac         


        

Answer 1

People are overcomplicating this like crazy.

Check this out:

class OopClass
{
    public $first;
    public $second;
    public $third;

    public static function make($first)
    {
        return new OopClass($first);
    }

    public function __construct($first)
    {
        $this->first = $first;
    }

    public function second($second)
    {
        $this->second = $second;
        return $this;
    }

    public function third($third)
    {
        $this->third = $third;
        return $this;
    }
}

Usage:

OopClass::make('Hello')->second('To')->third('World');