note 60635 added to function.property-exists

property_exists behaves differently if used inside a class or outside regarding the visibility of properties: <?php class Foo { public $pbl = 'public'; protected $prt = 'protected'; private $prv = 'private'; function __construct() { var_dump(property_exists($this , 'pbl')); var_dump(property_exists($this , 'prt')); var_dump(property_exists($this , 'prv')); } } $f = new Foo(); echo '<br />'; var_dump(property_exists($f , 'pbl')); var_dump(property_exists($f , 'prt')); var_dump(property_exists($f , 'prv')); ?> output: bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) bool(false) bool(false) so public, protected and private properties are property_exists == true from inside. from outside only public properties are property_exists == true hth, kai ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.property-exists.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+60635 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60635&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60635&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60635&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60635&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60635&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60635&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60635&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+60635&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php