Is it possible to overuse late static binding in PHP?

Question

Starting with version 5.3, PHP supports late binding for static methods. While it\'s an undoubtedly useful feature, there are only several cases where its use is really nece

Answer 1

Where I find a need to use late static binding is to allow mocking of static methods for unit testing with PHPUnit. The problem I have is that I don't like changing code strictly to allow mocking, but I can get over that.

To answer your question, however, I would bet that whatever performance cost this carries, it will pale in comparison to most program runtimes. In other words, it won't make a noticeable difference.