Req #76199 [NEW]: __METHOD__ and Paamayim Nekudotayim

From: valentiny510 at gmail dot com Operating system: X PHP version: 7.2.4 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:__METHOD__ and Paamayim Nekudotayim Description: ------------ __METHOD__ return the double colon inside the classes no matter what the scope is. I think it should return -> for non static methods. I know, I know.. is a very long shot and is somehow useless this scenario but... imagine the script below. Maybe would also avoid some confusions, for instance, if you want to debug and you just want to return the name of the method without executing it... Is not a big deal but anyways... Thank you Test script: --------------- class Test { function n($n, $return_method = false) { if ($return_method) return __METHOD__; return "N is $n"; } } $test = new Test; $method = $test->n(5, true); print $method . PHP_EOL; print $method(5) . PHP_EOL; Expected result: ---------------- Test::n N is 5 Actual result: -------------- Test::n Deprecated: Non-static method Test::n() should not be called statically N is 5 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76199&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76199&r=mysqlcfg