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

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75543&edit=1 ID: 75543 Comment by: spam2 at rhsoft dot net Reported by: matej21 at matej21 dot cz Summary: function "defined" should ignore class constant visibility Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem PHP Version: 7.1.11 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: it should return false but not raise a fatal error at all, but there is no valid reason to return true because you can't access it outside the class Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-11-20 13:55:38] matej21 at matej21 dot cz 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75543&edit=1