note 114740 added to reflectionclass.setstaticpropertyvalue

Calling this method on a static property that is not public will return a ReflectionException stating the property does not exist. This is quite misleading as the property is valid. class test { public static $publicProperty = 'public'; private static $privateProperty = 'private'; public static function printProperties() { echo self::$publicProperty . "\n"; echo self::$privateProperty . "\n"; } } $reflectedClass = new \ReflectionClass('test'); $reflectedClass->setStaticPropertyValue('publicProperty', 'foo'); $reflectedClass->setStaticPropertyValue( 'privateProperty', 'bar' ); PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'ReflectionException' with message 'Class test does not have a property named privateProperty' If you retrieve the method using the reflection class getProperty method you can circumnavigate this issue $reflectedProperty = $reflectedClass->getProperty('privateProperty'); $reflectedProperty->setAccessible(true); $reflectedProperty = $reflectedProperty->setValue('bar'); test::printProperties(); will echo foo bar ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 81.109.60.249 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/reflectionclass.setstaticpropertyvalue.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114740 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114740/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114740/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114740/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114740/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114740/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114740/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114740 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114740 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php