Consider the following code. Which keyword should be used in the line marked with
“KEYWORD” instead of “self” to make this code work as intended? abstract class Base {
protected function __construct() { } public static function create() { return new self(); //
KEYWORD } abstract function action(); } class Item extends Base { public function action() {
echo __CLASS__; } } $item = Item::create(); $item->action(); // outputs “Item”

A.
static