#29689 [Opn->Fbk]: default value of protected member overrides default value of private

ID: 29689 Updated by: tony2001@php.net Reported By: php dot net at benjamin dot schulz dot name -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: linux PHP Version: 5.0.1 New Comment: Please, be more verbose next time if you want to get any help. Your conciseness doesn't help very much. The problem is that you're trying to access class members through $this variable using static methods. As you can understand in this case there is no $this and behavior seems to be undefined (shouldn't there be an error, btw?). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-31 17:48:56] php dot net at benjamin dot schulz dot name yep tony, you're right, and now read the bug report ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-31 16:24:10] tony2001@php.net Private members belong only to the class where they were defined and cannot be inherited. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-15 22:03:50] php dot net at benjamin dot schulz dot name default value of protected member overrides default value of private ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-15 21:52:17] php dot net at benjamin dot schulz dot name Description: ------------ protected member overrides private Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class foo { private $foo = 'foo'; function printFoo() { echo __CLASS__, ': ', $this->foo, '<br />'; } } class bar extends foo { protected $foo = 'bar'; function printFoo() { parent::printFoo(); echo __CLASS__, ': ', $this->foo, '<br />'; } } class baz extends bar { protected $foo = 'baz'; } $bar = new bar; $bar->printFoo(); echo '<hr />'; $baz = new baz(); $baz->printFoo(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- foo: foo bar: bar -- foo: foo bar: baz Actual result: -------------- foo: foo bar: bar -- foo: baz bar: baz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29689&edit=1