Why not?

Are static functions incompatible with being abstract?
We want the dbs to have such static function, so having it in the interface seems the right thing to do.

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Why not?

Are static functions incompatible with being abstract?
We want the dbs to have such static function, so having it in the interface
seems the right thing to do.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/999066/why-does-php-5-2-disallow-abstract-static-class-methods

From that link «As of PHP 5.2.x, only interfaces can have them.» We do have it in an interface, not as abstract...

already changed with gerrit 63824