#39517 [NEW]: inaccurate or incomplete statement

From: thisbizness at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: inaccurate or incomplete statement Description: ------------ PHP Manual, Chap 19: Classes and Objects (PHP 5), Section: The Basics, Paragraph: 'extends'. link: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php Manual Excerpt: "It is possible to access the overrided method or members by referencing them with parent::" My comments: 1- It is clearly possible to access parent *methods* like described. No problem here. 2- class *members* on the other hand need to be declared as static in the parent class in order to be referenced with the 'parent' or 'self' keywords by a child class. 3- Accessing static class members from instantiated class object is not possible (i.e. the '$this' self reference doesn't work with them), I suggest to include a reference link to the 'Static Keyword' page for explanation: PHP Manual, Chap 19: Classes and Objects (PHP 5), Section: Static Keyword. link: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.static.php -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39517&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39517&r=mysqlcfg