#27193 [Opn->Bgs]: the visibility of class constructor cannot be changed

ID: 27193 Updated by: helly@php.net Reported By: andrey@php.net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem -Operating System: linux +Operating System: * -PHP Version: 5CVS-2004-02-09 (dev) +PHP Version: 5* New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php expected behavior, using old style constructors means using unrelated constructors. using new style constructors means all rules apply. Hence you cannot decrease visility. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-02-09 10:22:50] andrey@php.net Description: ------------ While it's no problem to change the visibility of a constructor (limit the visibility) when using the old way of declaring a constructor (function with the same name as the class), it's not possible to lower the visibility in a hierarchy where the constructors are named after the new standard : __construct() . The engine have to check whether the name is __construct() (what about __destruct()? ), and not to complain in this case that the visibility is lowered. The first example emits a fatal error. The second is perfectly valid. Reproduce code: --------------- php -r 'class a{public function __construct() {}} class b extends a {private function __construct(){}}' php -r 'class a{public function a() {}} class b extends a {private function b(){}}' Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Access level to b::__construct() must be public (as in class a) in Command line code on line 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27193&edit=1