Bug #52120 [NEW]: Unable to call inherited protected __construct

From: vrana Operating system: * PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Unable to call inherited protected __construct Description: ------------ Protected visibility allows accessing parent members and also members of parent's children. If class A defines protected method f() and classes B and C are children of A then B can call C::f(). This is true for all methods except __construct(). Test script: --------------- class A { protected function __construct() { } } class B extends A { static function test() { new C; } } class C extends A { protected function __construct() { echo "OK\n"; } } B::test(); Expected result: ---------------- OK Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Call to protected C::__construct() from context 'B' on line 9 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52120&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52120&r=mysqlcfg