(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)
forward_static_call — Call a static method
   Calls a user defined function or method given by the function
   parameter, with the following arguments. This function must be called within a method
   context, it can't be used outside a class.
   It uses the late static
   binding.
  
functionThe function or method to be called. This parameter may be an array, with the name of the class, and the method, or a string, with a function name.
parameterZero or more parameters to be passed to the function.
   Returns the function result, or FALSE on error.
  
Example #1 forward_static_call() example
<?php
class A
{
    const NAME = 'A';
    public static function test() {
        $args = func_get_args();
        echo static::NAME, " ".join(',', $args)." \n";
    }
}
class B extends A
{
    const NAME = 'B';
    public static function test() {
        echo self::NAME, "\n";
        forward_static_call(array('A', 'test'), 'more', 'args');
        forward_static_call( 'test', 'other', 'args');
    }
}
B::test('foo');
function test() {
        $args = func_get_args();
        echo "C ".join(',', $args)." \n";
    }
?>
The above example will output:
B B more,args C other,args