<?php
/**
* This is only meant for PHP 5 to get rid of certain strict warning
* that doesn't get hidden since it's in the shutdown function
*/
class PEAR5
{
/**
* If you have a class that's mostly/entirely static, and you need static
* properties, you can use this method to simulate them. Eg. in your method(s)
* do this: $myVar = &PEAR5::getStaticProperty('myclass', 'myVar');
* You MUST use a reference, or they will not persist!
*
* @access public
* @param string $class The calling classname, to prevent clashes
* @param string $var The variable to retrieve.
* @return mixed A reference to the variable. If not set it will be
* auto initialised to NULL.
*/
static function &getStaticProperty($class, $var)
{
static $properties;
if (!isset($properties[$class])) {
$properties[$class] = array();
}

if (!array_key_exists($var, $properties[$class])) {
$properties[$class][$var] = null;
}

return $properties[$class][$var];
}
}