#37814 [NEW]: Php shoul have class friends

From: henke dot andersson at comhem dot se Operating system: Linux Redhat 9 PHP version: 6CVS-2006-06-15 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: Php shoul have class friends Description: ------------ Php should have a friend structure for classes, like c++. That way some normaly private things can be used by selected other classes and functions. An alternative would be to do it like Java with inner classes, but personaly I think that while inner classes could be usefull in php, friend classes should also exist like in c++. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php //my suggestion for the syntax class A { static function callB(B $b) { $b->privatefunction(); } } class B { friend class A; friend function C; private function privatefunction() { echo 'privatefunction!'; } } function C(B $b) { $b->privatefunction(); } $b=new B(); A::callB($b); C($b); Expected result: ---------------- Class A and function C should be able to call B::privatefunction. Actual result: -------------- Since this functionality doesn't exist the code wont even compile. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37814&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37814&r=mysqlcfg