Question

I thought this will work but it didn’t.

class Foo {
    public function send($to, $message)
    {
        echo 'sending';
    }
    public static function __callStatic($method, $params)
    {
        return call_user_func_array(array(new static, $method), $params);
    }
}

When I do Foo::send('mary','you had a little lamb'), why is it still calling Foo::send() instead of new Foo ->send($to, $message)?

Non-static method Foo::send() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context

Answer 1

According to the manual:

__callStatic() is triggered when invoking inaccessible methods in a static context.

Your method is not inaccessible, it exists and is accessible, it is just not static.