#37052 [NEW]: Parent class constants are not overriden by sub classes in static methods

From: rael at grad dot icmc dot usp dot br Operating system: Any PHP version: 5.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: Parent class constants are not overriden by sub classes in static methods Description: ------------ Parent class constants are not overriden by sub classes in static methods. Do this override is a common behave, like in Java language. This is a very important feature to construct good class hierarchies. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class Father{ const NAME = "John"; public static function foo(){ echo self::NAME; } } class Son extends Father{ const NAME = "John Junior"; } Son::foo(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Output of "John Junior" Actual result: -------------- Output of "John" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37052&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=mysqlcfg