#23671 [Opn]: Function calls expose private (and undefined) functions in print_r output

ID: 23671 User updated by: agoossens at olc dot sa dot edu dot au -Summary: Function calls expose private functions in print_r output Reported By: agoossens at olc dot sa dot edu dot au Status: Open Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Operating System: Windows XP, SP1 PHP Version: 5CVS-2003-05-17 (dev) New Comment: Update: I discovered that the reason the private functions are being exposed is because functions do not need to be defined to be added to the output. They simply need to be called at least once anywhere in a class. class foo { public function sayFoo() { $this->doSomeFoo(); } } $foo = new foo; The print_r() output on this will still give foo Object { [doSomeFoo]=> } Strangely, it seems that here sayFoo() will not appear in the output, even though it's scope is public! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-05-17 08:59:29] agoossens at olc dot sa dot edu dot au Greetings all, When a private function is called from within a class, it is exposed in the print_r() (or var_dump()) output on it's object. In order to explain this, consider this code: class foo { private function sayFoo() { /* uncomment this line */ //$this->doSomeFoo(); } private function doSomeFoo() { echo "Doing some foo\n"; } } $foo = new foo; // print the structure of $foo print_r($foo); // var_dump($foo); Initially, this will return foo Object ( ) Which is correct. However, if you then uncomment the line in "sayFoo", the print_r will return the name of the private function as one of the array indexes. Changing the scope of "sayFoo" does the same thing no matter what scope you use. I'm pretty sure this isn't expected behaviour, as that would expose the private function's existance (even though they still can't be accessed). Tested on: PHP 5.0.0-dev, 200305061830 build, Win32 package. Cheers -Adam Goossens ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23671&edit=1