Bug #67710 [Opn->Nab]: PDOStatement::fetch not work for parent class private properties

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67710&edit=1 ID: 67710 Updated by: requinix@php.net Reported by: oleg dot nucer at gmail dot com Summary: PDOStatement::fetch not work for parent class private properties -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: PDO Core Operating System: Windows 8 PHP Version: 5.6.0RC2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: It's private. That means the child class does not get that property. As far as PDO is concerned, $someCat->color does not (did not) exist. Make $color protected so Cat inherits it and so PDO doesn't have to make a brand new property. By "strange output" I assume you mean the "color:Animal:private" part? PHP is digging deep into the class to look up information; it's not that Cat somehow has Animal's private property $color but that PHP went into Cat's class inheritance hierarchy and discovered $color on the parent class. The "property:class:accessibility" naming scheme is so you know that $color is not part of Cat, but PHP still wants to include the value there for you because it could be useful for debugging. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-29 18:47:53] oleg dot nucer at gmail dot com Description: ------------ PDOStatement::fetch with PDO::FETCH_CLASS works fine, until I tried to use it with parent class private properties... See the test script. Test script: --------------- class Animal { private $color; public function getColor() { return $this->color; } } class Cat extends Animal { } $statement->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_CLASS, "Cat" ); $someCat = $statement->fetch(); echo $someCat->getColor(); //empty print_r( $someCat ); /* now have strange output like: [color:Animal:private] => [color] => grey */ Expected result: ---------------- All private properties of parent class have to be set same way as public and protected ones. Actual result: -------------- Private property of parent class still empty :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67710&edit=1