Is it possible to declare a method static and nonstatic in PHP?

Question

Can I declare a method in an object as both a static and non-static method with the same name that calls the static method?

I want to create a class that has a stati

Answer 1

No you can't have two methods with the same name. You could do basicly the same thing by renaming one of the methods. Renaming test::send("Hello World!"); to test::sendMessage("Hello World!"); would work. I would just create the a single send method with an optional text argument that changes how the method functions.

public function send($text = false) {
    if (!$text) {
        $text = $this -> text;
    }

    // Send something
}

I courious as to why you need the static function at all.