#36308 [NEW]: ReflectionProperty::getDocComment() does not reflect extended class commentary

From: pmjones@php.net Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: 5.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: ReflectionProperty::getDocComment() does not reflect extended class commentary Description: ------------ When using ReflectionProperty::getDocComment() to get the comments for a property in an extended class, it returns the comments for the base class, not the extended one. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class Base { /** Base comment block */ public $foo = 'bar'; } class Extended extends Base { /** Extended commentary */ public $foo = 'zim'; } $reflect = new ReflectionClass('Extended'); $props = $reflect->getProperties(); $docs = $props[0]->getDocComment(); print $docs; // should output "Extended commentary" // but is in fact "Base comment block" ?> Expected result: ---------------- /** Extended commentary */ Actual result: -------------- /** Base comment block */ -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36308&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36308&r=mysqlcfg