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how do i access static member of a class?

I have this class. In its createNew function I refer to $reftbArr = tc_group::$tblFields;.

I have many classes similar to this class a couple of times. They have the same methods and variables but of course the class name is different.

How is the best way in the function createNew to access tc_group::$tblFields; but not have the hardcoded class name?

<?php
class tc_group {
    public $id;
    public $password;
    private static $tableName = "tc_group";

    public static $tblFields = array(
        ':id'        => array('value' => '','required' => 0),
        ':password'  => array('value' => '','required' => 0)
    );

   public static function createNew($link , $tblfields){
    $reftbArr = tc_group::$tblFields;
   }
}
?>

Answer 1

$tableFields = self::$tblFields;

print_r($tableFields);