#44571 [NEW]: behavior change from 5.* to 5.2.6

From: travisghansen at yahoo dot com Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.2.6RC3 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: behavior change from 5.* to 5.2.6 Description: ------------ The code below has worked fine in all php 5 releases (that I've used for the past year and a half anyway). It now dies with 5.2.6. Reproduce code: --------------- class BaseLoginDA { protected $dbg; private static $instance; private function __construct(){ echo __METHOD__; } } class LoginDA extends BaseLoginDA { private static $instance; //implementing the singleton pattern static function getInstance(){ if (self::$instance){ return self::$instance; } else { self::$instance = new LoginDA(); return self::$instance; } } } $loginDA=LoginDA::getInstance(); Expected result: ---------------- an instantiated LoginDA object Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Call to private BaseLoginDA::__construct() from context 'LoginDA' -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44571&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44571&r=mysqlcfg