Doc #73303 [NEW]: Not documented Backward incompatible change related to assert

From: ildar dot aim at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 7.1.0RC3 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Not documented Backward incompatible change related to assert Description: ------------ aim-server[~/tmp]$ /usr/bin/php --version PHP 7.0.11 (cli) (built: Sep 16 2016 18:52:44) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies with Xdebug v2.4.1, Copyright (c) 2002-2016, by Derick Rethans aim-server[~/tmp]$ /usr/bin/php test_class.php Success% aim-server[~/tmp]$ /opt/phpfarm/inst/php-7.1.0RC3/bin/php --version PHP 7.1.0RC3 (cli) (built: Oct 12 2016 16:13:20) ( NTS DEBUG ) Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.1.0-dev, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies aim-server[~/tmp]$ /opt/phpfarm/inst/php-7.1.0RC3/bin/php test_class.php PHP Warning: assert(): Assertion "self::checkCacheKey(get_object_vars($this))" failed in /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php on line 7 Warning: assert(): Assertion "self::checkCacheKey(get_object_vars($this))" failed in /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php on line 7 PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot access self:: when no class scope is active in /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php(7) : assert code:1 Stack trace: #0 [internal function]: unknown() #1 /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php(7): assert('self::checkCach...') #2 /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php(17): Test->main() #3 {main} thrown in /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php(7) : assert code on line 1 Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot access self:: when no class scope is active in /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php(7) : assert code:1 Stack trace: #0 [internal function]: unknown() #1 /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php(7): assert('self::checkCach...') #2 /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php(17): Test->main() #3 {main} thrown in /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php(7) : assert code on line 1 aim-server[~/tmp]$ http://i.imgur.com/aG7kYps.png I cannot find a description of this behavior in http://php.net/manual/en/migration71.incompatible.php Test script: --------------- aim-server[~/tmp]$ cat test_class.php <?php class Test { public $prop; public function main(){ assert('self::checkCacheKey(get_object_vars($this))'); echo 'Success'; } private static function checkCacheKey($obj_properties){ return count($obj_properties) == 1; } } $obj = new Test(); $obj->main(); Expected result: ---------------- Success output or description in http://php.net/manual/en/migration71.incompatible.php Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot access self:: when no class scope is active in /home/aim/tmp/test_class.php(7) : assert code:1 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73303&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=73303&r=mysqlcfg