PHP: call child constructor from static method in parent

Question

I want to have a static method in a parent class that creates instances of whatever subclass i call this method on.

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Answer 1

make the parent class an abstract class and make the parent method also an abstract

abstract static class parent {
     abstract function make_method() {
         // your process
     }
}

class child extends parent {
     public function __construct() {
          parent::make_method();
     }
}