#29458 [NEW]: Dereferencing, __get and array property

From: hawcue at yahoo dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 5.0.0 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: Dereferencing, __get and array property Description: ------------ Part of this report is related with BUG#24807. In the following code, I would like to get and set an object property in the way similar to that in Java, C# and Delphi, e.g., "$a->Child->Name='xxx'" and "echo $a->Child->Name". However, the PHP parser would not allow the first usage. Another question is about array property. Within current PHP5 release, I can't see a way to define an object property that is of array type and supports access to individual array element. These two questions may not be considered as bugs, however, to my belief they are very fundamental to object properties. Reproduce code: --------------- class Input { private $_name='abc'; private $_child; function __get($name) { if($name=='Name') return $this->_name; else if($name=='Child') { if(!isset($this->_child)) $this->_child=new Input; return $this->_child; } } function __set($name,$value) { if($name=='Name') $this->_name=$value; } } $a=new Input; $a->Child->Name='cde'; echo $a->Child->Name; Expected result: ---------------- cde Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Cannot access undefined property for object with overloaded property access ... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29458&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29458&r=float