Req #52297 [NEW]: visibility identifier namespace-protected

From: Operating system: all PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:visibility identifier namespace-protected Description: ------------ hi, in php is missing a visibility identifier to protect methods and properties inside the namespace example: namespace Oracle; // abstraction layer for Oracle class Connection { // ociresource should be visible only in the namespace // in php 5.3 the property is public to world namespace-protected $ociresource; public function __construct() { $this->ociresource = oci_connect(); } public function query($sql) { return new Query($this, $sql); } } class Query { public function __construct(Connection $con, $sql) { $x = oci_parse($con->ociresource, $sql); // $ociresource is accessible only in this namespace oci_execute($x); } } ---- suggested visibility identifier: namespace-private (if namespace is \Test\Abc\ the method/property is only accessible within \Test\Abc\) namespace-protected (if namespace is \Test\Abc\ the method/property can be accessible within \Test\Abc\ and, for example \Test\Abc\Foo\ ) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52297&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52297&r=mysqlcfg