Bug #70997 [NEW]: When using parentClass:: instead of parent::, static context changed.

From: arjen at parse dot nl Operating system: Linux PHP version: 7.0.0RC8 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:When using parentClass:: instead of parent::, static context changed. Description: ------------ Compared to 5.x. Behaviour of LSB (?) changed, bug or not documented? I cannot find anything about this subtle change in the 7.0 migration guide (http://php.net/manual/en/migration70.incompatible.php) nor in the 7.0 NEWS file. See https://3v4l.org/edVna I know it's easy to fix in the codebase, but it would be nice if this changed is documented when intended or original behavior restored. Test script: --------------- <?php class A { const TEST = false; public function test() { var_dump(static::TEST); } } class B extends A { const TEST = true; public function test() { A::test(); } } $b = new B; $b->test(); Expected result: ---------------- bool(true) Actual result: -------------- bool(false) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70997&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70997&r=mysqlcfg