Class inheritance in PHP 5.2: Overriding static variable in extension class?

Question

I need to bea be able to use a static variable set in a class that extends a base class... from the base class.

Consider this:

class Animal {
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Answer 1

Sadly, before PHP 5.3 there's no way to simulate late static binding. The only way you can get the inheritance to work as you intend is if those are instance variables and methods.