Req #71723 [NEW]: Ability to create internal classes/functions

From: untuned20 at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *Programming Data Structures Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Ability to create internal classes/functions Description: ------------ The ability to make classes/functions "internal" which would make them only instantiatable and/or callable from within the current root namespace. This would be helpful when creating a library where you only want classes to be available to other classes within the library. As to someone using the library they wouldn't be able to initiate the class in the library or use it outside of the namespace. Test script: --------------- namespace RootSpace\SubSpace; internal class TestClass {} --- namespace RootSpace\OtherSpace; use RootSpace\SubSpace\TestClass; class AnotherClass { public function test(){ $class = new TestClass(); } } --- namespace MySpace; use RootSpace\SubSpace\TestClass; class MyClass { public function test(){ $class = new TestClass(); } } Expected result: ---------------- "AnotherClass" should create an instance of TestClass it "AnotherClass::test()" is called because they share the same root space "RootSpace". "MyClass" should throw an error when "MyClass::test()" is called because it isn't in the root space "RootSpace" -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71723&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71723&r=mysqlcfg