Bug #66145 [Opn->Nab]: Protected variable is not able to be accessed on inherited class.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66145&edit=1 ID: 66145 Updated by: bwoebi@php.net Reported by: d dot shankarnarayana at gmail dot com Summary: Protected variable is not able to be accessed on inherited class. -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Class/Object related Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.5Git-2013-11-22 (snap) Block user comment: N Private report: N 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 When classes inherit properties, the type of the property (protected/public) remains unchanged. You are actually iterating outside of the class, so protected values aren't displayed. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-22 13:49:34] d dot shankarnarayana at gmail dot com Description: ------------ I found this problem while i was going through the Iterators concept. The problem: class NewClass is inheriting MyClass , so the protected variable $protected should be accessible in the NewClass. But while printing out the results , the $protected variable is not shown in the key-value combinations except for the public variables. Test script: --------------- <?php class MyClass { public $var1 = 'value 1'; public $var2 = 'value 2'; public $var3 = 'value 3'; protected $protected = 'protected var'; private $private = 'private var'; function iterateVisible() { echo "MyClass::iterateVisible:\n"; foreach($this as $key => $value) { print "$key => $value\n"; } } } class NewClass extends MyClass { } $class = new NewClass(); foreach($class as $key => $value) { print "$key => $value\n"; } echo "\n" Expected result: ---------------- var1 => value 1 var2 => value 2 var3 => value 3 protected => protected var Actual result: -------------- var1 => value 1 var2 => value 2 var3 => value 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66145&edit=1