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Bug #34128 Problem accessing the value of static class members from sub-classes
Submitted: 2005-08-14 15:08 UTC Modified: 2005-08-14 18:53 UTC
From: tim dot rodger at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 5.0.4 OS: Debian Sarge (kernel 2.6.12)
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2005-08-14 15:08 UTC] tim dot rodger at gmail dot com
Description:
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When a static (either public or protected) class member is initialised to a default value in a class declaration and later the value is over-written in the class where it is decalred, inheriting classes cannot access the new member value. In the example class Bar can access the value assigned to Foo's $name member, but Bar cannot access the value assigned to Foo's $age member.

If the $age member is assigned a value inside class Bar (in the constructor for example) then the code works as expected.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
class Foo{
        protected static $name;
        protected static $age = NULL;
        public function __construct($name, $age){
                self::$name = $name;
                self::$age = $age;}
        protected static function getName(){return self::$name;}
        protected static function getAge(){return self::$age;}
}
class Bar extends Foo {
        public function __construct($name, $age){
                parent::__construct($name, $age);}
        public function display(){
                print "name = '" . self::$name . "'\ngetName() = '" . self::getName() . "'\nage = '" . self::$age . "'\ngetAge() = '" . self::getAge() . "'\n";}
}
$b = new Bar('test', 100);
$b->display();
?>

Expected result:
----------------
name = 'test'
getName() = 'test'
age = '100'
getAge() = '100'


Actual result:
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name = 'test'
getName() = 'test'
age = ''
getAge() = '100'


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 [2005-08-14 15:12 UTC] tony2001@php.net
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip


 [2005-08-14 18:05 UTC] tim dot rodger at gmail dot com
I've installed the latest snap-shot on a second debian machine (with a 2.6.9 kernel), since I didn't want to replace php on the machine i found the bug on. I've just now tested the bug under the latest version 5.1.0-dev and it's fixed.
 [2005-08-14 18:53 UTC] tony2001@php.net
Fixed -> closed.
 
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