Req #79720 [Opn->Sus]: Nested classes like in Java

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79720&edit=1 ID: 79720 Updated by: requinix@php.net Reported by: 6562680 at gmail dot com Summary: Nested classes like in Java -Status: Open +Status: Suspended Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: *General Issues +Package: Class/Object related Operating System: Win10 PHP Version: 7.3.19 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: *I* think there are already well-established OOP principles that make child classes irrelevant. But regardless of what I think, a significant change like this requires the RFC process. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto But note that you're not the first to propose this: A few years ago there was an RFC about nested classes. It was not completed. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/nested_classes The related concept of friend classes was submitted a bit more recently and declined. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/friend-classes Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-06-21 16:34:26] 6562680 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Am using \Closure with bind() to pass protected variables into instances from factory. As i remember in Java we can define sharing this context to child classes. Why it was removed? ``` Class A { public function newChildA() { $a = new ChildA; $a->value = 123; } Class ChildA { protected $value; } } ``` Otherwise we should add setters, and somebody of course use it directly in his code. Its about "readonly" property, not just "protected". Main problem is "no internal dependency injector", we can pass attributes via __construct... What if dependencies? We still need to create builder that should pass parameters to constructor with autowired dependencies, and then we lost possibility to create object via "new" operator, otherwise we should add container/di into each class as dependency. Then we should remember base class dependency when extending and that stuff. How do you think? Test script: --------------- Class A { public function newChildA($value) { $func = function ($value) { $this->value = $value; }; $a = new ChildA; $func->call($a, 123); } } Class ChildA { protected $value; } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79720&edit=1