#50418 [NEW]: self in closures has no class scope

From: crashrox at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: self in closures has no class scope Description: ------------ A closure within a static method loses self scope. When you print __CLASS__ within a closure it claims to belong to the class. But yet you cant access anything from that class. Reproduce code: --------------- class Test { public function do_something() { $func = function() { echo 'I belong to: ' . __CLASS__; return self::do_something_else(); }; return $func(); } public static function do_something_else() { return 'I did something else'; } } echo Test::do_something(); Expected result: ---------------- i belong to: Test i did something else Actual result: -------------- Test Fatal error: Cannot access self:: when no class scope is active in /home/jument/adam/jument/web/index.php on line 7 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50418&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50418&r=mysqlcfg