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

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I would like to expand on @lonesomeday 's answer. (Thanks @lonesomeday for the initial code sample.)

I was also experimenting with this as well, but did not want to call the methods as he called them in the original post. Instead I have the following, which seems to work:

    class Emailer {

    private $recipient;

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

    public function sendNonStatic()
    {
        self::mailer( $this->recipient );
    }

    public static function sendStatic( $recipient )
    {
        self::mailer( $recipient );
    }

    public function __call( $name, $arguments )
    {
        if ( $name === 'send' ) {
            call_user_func( array( $this, 'sendNonStatic' ) );
        }
    }

    public static function mailer( $recipient )
    {
        // send()
        echo $recipient . '
';
    }

    public static function __callStatic( $name, $arguments )
    {
        if ( $name === 'send' ) {
            call_user_func( array( 'Emailer', 'sendStatic' ), $arguments[0] );
        }
    }
}

Emailer::send( 'foo@foo.foo' );

$Emailer = new Emailer;
$Emailer->to( 'bar@bar.bar' );
$Emailer->send();