PHP：魔术方法__toString（）的静态变体？

Question

I would like to use PHP's __toString() method in a static manner, like so:

class MyClass {
    public static function __toString() {
        echo 'Hello, I am MyClass!';
    }
}

echo (string) MyClass;

Unfortunately though __toString() cannot be a static method. It would be great if this was possible though, so my question is: Is this something reasonable to propose as a feature request to PHP devs? If not, how can we achieve this kind of functionality as closely to what my example describes as realistically possible?

Answer 1

You can write:

echo MyClass::class;

Or if you need more control:

class MyClass
{
    public static function getClass()
    {
        return get_class();
    }
}

echo MyClass::getClass();

If you want to have a static class property, you can use this:

class MyClass {
    static $name = self::class;
}

echo MyClass::$name;

See also this answer.