#50302 [Opn->Bgs]: final private function __construct

ID: 50302 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: p dot reisinger at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Class/Object related PHP Version: 5.3.1 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-11-25 22:24:55] p dot reisinger at gmail dot com Description: ------------ When somebody creates final private constructor then the class that extends this class cannot have constructor at all, even though private methods shouldn't be visible outside of the class. So final private constructor shouldn't allow calling parent::__construct(), but creating constructor should be allowed. The same happens if class has final private method, then no subclass can use method with the same name (I know that there is no point creating private final, but it seems a problem when there'll be final instance variables in the future, plus it is a problem with constructors). As I understand, parent's constructor is not called automatically, (parent::__construct() needs to be called) because if parent's constructor is private but not final then the code works. Reproduce code: --------------- class Test { final private function __construct() {} } class SubTest extends Test { // private methods shouldn't be visible // and I am not calling parent::__construct(); public function __construct() {} } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50302&edit=1