#26776 [Com]: keywords parent:: and self:: do no more work in caps

ID: 26776 Comment by: jerome dot dury at cegedim dot fr Reported By: ganfset-php at dreams4net dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Class/Object related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5CVS-2004-01-03 (dev) New Comment: I do really think it's a bug. And what else would you it to be ? Actually, it is a regression bug : something what was working in older versions (<5) is no more available in the new one. I'm ok that 'parent' is THE good way to call that functionnality. But if it was possible to make the call without case sensitivity, it should be the same in PHP5. What I'm sure for now is that all websites that me and my developement group are not compatible with PHP5. And I think it's a serious regression. What do you think ? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-03 10:05:18] manico-php at wdmedia dot net And what is it if it's not a bug ? a feature ?!? So there will be keywords that work only in lowercase and some others (like if, echo) wont be case sensitive ? or parent and self aren't keywords ? this seems to be strange... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-03 09:29:26] derick@php.net 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 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-03 09:13:50] ganfset-php at dreams4net dot com Description: ------------ In PHP4 and first PHP5 betas you could ask a parent method form a object with the following syntax : parent::method(). It was possible to use parent:: or PARENT:: Use of caps is important as it make possible to better distinguish the keyword from a classname In the last betas (tested in php-5.0.0b3 and php5-200401031230) PARENT:: in caps output an error (Fatal error: Class 'PARENT' not found). Same error comes with SELF:: in caps (while parent:: and self:: are OK) Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class foo { function min() { echo "parent::method OK" ; } function maj() { echo "PARENT::method OK" ; } } class bar extends foo { function min() { parent::min() ; } function maj() { PARENT::maj() ; } } $obj = new bar ; $obj->min() ; // ok in PHP4 and last PHP5 echo "\n" ; $obj->maj() ; // error on last PHP5 snaps Expected result: ---------------- parent::method OK PARENT::method OK Actual result: -------------- parent::method OK <br /> <b>Fatal error</b>: Class 'PARENT' not found in <b>-</b> on line <b>8</b><br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26776&edit=1