#46795 [Com]: Documentation for get_class_vars return value is inconsistent ("public")

ID: 46795 Comment by: phpbug dot classvars at sub dot noloop dot net Reported By: phpbug dot classvars at sub dot noloop dot net Status: Assigned Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Linux PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: kalle New Comment: Also see http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46812 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-08 11:43:19] phpbug dot classvars at sub dot noloop dot net Description: ------------ The documentation at http://no2.php.net/manual/en/function.get-class-vars.php claims that: "Return Values Returns an associative array of default public properties of the class. The resulting array elements are in the form of varname => value." Apparently, since 5.2.7, the actual return value contains all default visible properties of the class depending on the scope of the caller. (Originally reported as a bug in http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46761) Therefore I'm opening this bug report against documentation. The docs for this method should clarify that the return value may contain properties that are declared as "protected" or even "private" depending on calling scope. Also ,it would be nice if the changelog could be updated with an entry for PHP 5.2.7, since the behaviour changed since 5.2.6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46795&edit=1