#37654 [NEW]: covering private method

From: mjarco at zhr dot pl Operating system: Windows/Linux PHP version: 5.1.4 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: covering private method Description: ------------ I think there is a bug when you want to cover private method in child class, and run it by public inherited method. See example: Reproduce code: --------------- class Bar { private function shmoo() { print 'bar'; } public function exe() { $this->shmoo(); } } class FooBar extends Bar { //change to protected, and public see what happens private function shmoo() { print 'foobar'; } } $bar = new FooBar; $bar->exe(); Expected result: ---------------- foobar Actual result: -------------- bar -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37654&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37654&r=mysqlcfg