Question

If I have a static variable declared within a (non-static) member function of a class, is it static to each instance of that class, or static across all instances? Sorry if the answer should be obvious, I can’t find it anywhere.

EDIT:

I have accepted zerkms’s answer, but here is another example:

<?php

class X {
  public function fun($bar) {
    static $foo = null;
    if ($foo != null) print $foo . "<br/>";
    $foo = $bar;
  }
}

$x1 = new X();
$x1->fun(42);

$x2 = new X();
$x2->fun(123);
$x2->fun(666);

?>

Output:
42
123

Answer 1

1. It would take a couple of minutes to check
2. It is shared across all instances

http://ideone.com/Cq2s6