Bug #77629 [NEW]: Unexpected output of get_class_methods and ReflectionClass::getMethods

From: php dot florianberberich at outlook dot com Operating system: irrelevant PHP version: 7.3.2 Package: Reflection related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Unexpected output of get_class_methods and ReflectionClass::getMethods Description: ------------ I played around with get_class_methods and Reflection::getMethods and found an imo strange behaviour. The sequence of the methods found is the following: - methods implemented (or declared if still abstract) in the class - methods implemented (...) in the parent class - methods implemented (...) in the parent's parent class - methods implemented (...) in the parent's parent class used traits - methods implemented (...) in the parent class used traits - methods implemented (...) in the class used traits - methods declared (but not yet implemented) in the parent's parent class implemented interfaces - methods declared (but not yet implemented) in the parent class implemented interfaces - methods declared (but not yet implemented) in the class implemented interfaces What I expected was: - methods implemented in the class - methods implemented in the class used traits - methods implemented in the parent class - methods implemented in the parent class used traits - methods implemented in the parent's parent class - methods implemented in the parent's parent class used traits - methods declared (but not yet implemented) in the class - methods declared (...) in the class implemented interfaces - methods declared (...) in the parent class - methods declared (...) in the parent class implemented interfaces - ... Test script: --------------- https://3v4l.org/OTqtL Expected result: ---------------- initMethodInitTest initMethodInit1 initMethodChangeBehaviourOfInitTest initMethodInit2 initMethodInitTest initMethodInit1 Actual result: -------------- initMethodInitTest initMethodInit1 initMethodChangeBehaviourOfInitTest initMethodInitTest initMethodInit1 initMethodInit2 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77629&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77629&r=mysqlcfg