Re: private, protected, readonly, public

That's a good point. It was just an idea really, hoping to provide an easy way out for the whole discussion ;) Ron ""Stefan Walk"" <stefan.walk@gmail.com> schreef in bericht news:4858f9d90605160625u11fcaef8ta07fc199558eca9f@mail.gmail.com... On 5/16/06, Ron Korving <r.korving@xit.nl> wrote: > <?php > > class Foo > { > private $bar = 5; > } > > $foo = new Foo(); > echo $foo->bar; // prints 5 > $foo->bar = 4; // error > > ?> I'm against visible private variables. If they are visible, they are part of the interface of the class, which means changing the implementation means a BC break. If this functionality is going in, please do it only for protected... Regards, Stefan