Bug #75543 [NEW]: function "defined" should ignore class constant visibility

From: matej21 at matej21 dot cz Operating system: PHP version: 7.1.11 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:function "defined" should ignore class constant visibility Description: ------------ When you check if private/protected constant is defined on a class, it currently triggers a fatal error. For a consistency with method_exists and property_exists it should probably ignore visibility and return true Test script: --------------- <?php class Foo { private const BAR = 1; } var_dump(defined('Foo::BAR')); Expected result: ---------------- bool(true) Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot access private const Foo::BAR -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75543&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75543&r=mysqlcfg