note 60889 added to language.oop5.visibility

Is there a way to make a class have a variable read-only when accessed outside the class but normal (readable and writable) when accessed inside the class, without declaring it protected and creating a wrapper function? ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 70.95.43.1 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.visibility.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+60889 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60889&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60889&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60889&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60889&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60889&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60889&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60889&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+60889&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php