note 109324 added to language.oop5.visibility

This has already been noted here, but there was no clear example. Methods defined in a parent class can NOT access private methods defined in a class which inherits from them. They can access protected, though. Example: <?php class ParentClass { public function execute($method) { $this->$method(); } } class ChildClass extends ParentClass { private function privateMethod() { echo "hi, i'm private"; } protected function protectedMethod() { echo "hi, i'm protected"; } } $object = new ChildClass(); $object->execute('protectedMethod'); $object->execute('privateMethod'); ?> Output: hi, i'm protected Fatal error: Call to private method ChildClass::privateMethod() from context 'ParentClass' in index.php on line 6 In an early approach this may seem unwanted behaviour but it actually makes sense. Private can only be accessed by the class which defines, neither parent nor children classes. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 79.159.146.135 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.visibility.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/109324 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109324/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109324/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109324/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109324/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109324/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109324/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109324 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/109324 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php