Req #51469 [NEW]: why not Inner Classes?

From: Operating system: irrelevant PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:why not Inner Classes? Description: ------------ hi, some object oriented architectures requires inner classes i'm not good with english language so i write some examples: in a library like PDO, now we can do some like this: class Database { public function prepareSql($sql){ return new Sql($sql)} } class Sql { public function setValue($search, $replace){} public function executeQuery(){return new ExecutedQuery();} } class ExecutedQuery { function fetch() function numRows() // etc } this api allows the developer to instantiate an ExecutedQuery with no Sql parameters escaping (class Sql) so inner classes are useful to make visible classes in some trusted environment: class Database { public function prepareSql($sql){ return new Sql($sql)} class Sql { public function setValue($search, $replace){} public function executeQuery(){return new ExecutedQuery();} class ExecutedQuery { function fetch() function numRows() // etc } } } i've read a lot of rfc on php's wiki but no one talks about inner classes (useful like traits and others new work in progress features) what do you think about this? -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51469&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51469&r=mysqlcfg