#43924 [NEW]: Overloading methods can be static and non-public

From: felipe@php.net Operating system: PHP version: 5.3CVS-2008-01-23 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Overloading methods can be static and non-public Description: ------------ Says the documentation: "All overloading methods must not be defined as static. All overloading methods must be defined as public." However, this rule doesn't exists. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class foobar { static private function __call($x, $y) { printf("[[%s]]\n", $x); } } $foo = new foobar; $foo->test(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Some error message. Actual result: -------------- [[test]] -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43924&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43924&r=mysqlcfg