Bug #65672 [Opn]: Broken classes inherited from DatePeriod

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65672&edit=1 ID: 65672 Updated by: heiglandreas@php.net Reported by: hosiplan at gmail dot com Summary: Broken classes inherited from DatePeriod Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: Linux -PHP Version: 5.5.3 +PHP Version: 7.1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Looks like this never actually worked[1], so it can't have been introduced by a bugfix… [1] https://3v4l.org/0oIl7 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-06-29 14:44:29] info at vdespa dot de I can confirm this bug. It seems to introduce a backward incompatibility and it seems not to be properly documented in the changelog. Looks like trying to fix bug #53437 (Crash when using unserialized DatePeriod instance) generated this issue. (https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53437) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-09-14 01:32:35] hosiplan at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/class.dateperiod --- Classes inherited from DatePeriod class cannot use their declared properties Test script: --------------- <?php class Period extends \DatePeriod { public $test; } $p = new Period(new \DateTime('now'), new \DateInterval('P1Y'), new \DateTime('tomorrow')); $p->test = FALSE; Expected result: ---------------- no error Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: main(): Writing to DatePeriod properties is unsupported in period.phpt on line 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65672&edit=1