Re: private, protected, readonly, public

Jason Garber wrote:

Would it be possible to create a new object property attribute:

    readonly

class xx {

     readonly $bar;

} $o = new xx(); $o->bar = 10;

FATAL ERROR

This way, PHP would allow reading (as if it were public), but only allow writing from within the class.

Uhh... how about using private and only using a "regular" getter (the Java-style) and no setter? class xx {

      private $bar;

      public getBar() { return $bar; }

} $o = new xx(); $o->bar = 10; // already emits FATAL ERROR