How to solve static:: call when its unavailable?

Question

I have a php 5.2 on my server (cant update) and it drops error on a static::routin() call. How to solve it? Anyway, is there a way, to detect if this type of call is available, so that an intelligent call-mechanism can be added?

Answer 1

Late static bindings only work from PHP 5.3. To get the called class name in version 5.2 you have to use work arounds.

From the manual:

As of PHP 5.3.0, PHP implements a feature called late static bindings which can be used to reference the called class in a context of static inheritance.

One work around exists here.