How do I check in PHP that I'm in a static context (or not)?

Question

Is there any way I can check if a method is being called statically or on an instantiated object?

Answer 1

This is an old question, but I'll add an alternative answer.

There are two magic methods

__call($name, $arguments)
is triggered when invoking inaccessible methods in an object context.

__callStatic($name, $arguments)
is triggered when invoking inaccessible methods in a static context.

runTest('in object context');

MethodTest::runTest('in static context');  // As of PHP 5.3.0

Outputs

Calling object method 'runTest' in object context
Calling static method 'runTest' in static context