<?php
class Fruit {
 const CONST_VALUE = 'Fruit Color';
}
$classname = 'Fruit';
echo $classname::CONST_VALUE; // As of PHP ..
echo Fruit::CONST_VALUE;
?>
Program List：在类定义外部使用::
<?php
class Fruit {
 const CONST_VALUE = 'Fruit Color';
}
class Apple extends Fruit
{
 public static $color = 'Red';
 public static function doubleColon() {
  echo parent::CONST_VALUE . "\n";
  echo self::$color . "\n";
 }
}
Apple::doubleColon();
?>

<?php
class Fruit
{
 protected function showColor() {
  echo "Fruit::showColor()\n";
 }
}
class Apple extends Fruit
{
 // Override parent's definition
 public function showColor()
 {
  // But still call the parent function
  parent::showColor();
  echo "Apple::showColor()\n";
 }
}
$apple = new Apple();
$apple->showColor();
?>

<?php
 class Apple
 {
  public function showColor()
  {
   return $this->color;
  }
 }
 class Banana
 {
  public $color;
  public function __construct()
  {
   $this->color = "Banana is yellow";
  }
  public function GetColor()
  {
   return Apple::showColor();
  }
 }
 $banana = new Banana;
 echo $banana->GetColor();
?>

<?php
class Fruit
{
 static function color()
 {
  return "color";
 }
 static function showColor()
 {
  echo "show " . self::color();
 }
}
class Apple extends Fruit
{
 static function color()
 {
  return "red";
 }
}
Apple::showColor();
// output is "show color"!
?>