New self vs. new static

Question

I am converting a PHP 5.3 library to work on PHP 5.2. The main thing standing in my way is the use of late static binding like return new static($options); , if

Answer 1

If the method of this code is not static, you can get a work-around in 5.2 by using get_class($this).

class A {
    public function create1() {
        $class = get_class($this);
        return new $class();
    }
    public function create2() {
        return new static();
    }
}

class B extends A {

}

$b = new B();
var_dump(get_class($b->create1()), get_class($b->create2()));

The results:

string(1) "B"
string(1) "B"