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Bug #77154 private property inheritance discussion
Submitted: 2018-11-14 18:42 UTC Modified: 2019-01-27 04:22 UTC
From: jpauli@php.net Assigned: dmitry (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: master-Git-2018-11-14 (Git) OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-11-14 18:42 UTC] jpauli@php.net 
Description:
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This behavior is wether right or wrong ; let's debate :




Test script:
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class A {
	private static $foo = 'Afoo';
	function foo() { return static::$foo; }
}

class B extends A { }


$b = new B;
echo $b->foo();

Expected result:
----------------
PHP <= 7.3 shows :

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot access  property B::$foo in XXXX

PHP-master shows :

the string 'Afoo'

Actual result:
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What should be the right behavior ?

Considering that the same use-case using non-static attribute, and non static classic $this accesses the attributes just all right in all PHP versions


Should private static attributes be inherited, or not ?

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 [2018-11-15 10:40 UTC] cmb@php.net 
This issue might better be discussed on internals@.
 [2018-11-15 10:51 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: dmitry
 [2018-11-15 10:51 UTC] nikic@php.net 
@dmitry: What do you think about this? This is a side-effect of the changes to shadow/private property handling.
 [2019-01-14 12:49 UTC] dmitry@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Feedback
 [2019-01-14 12:49 UTC] dmitry@php.net 
Despite, this behavior change was unintended, I think, the new static properties visibility rules are more consistent with regular object properties.

<?php
class A {
	private $foo = 'foo';
	static private $bar = 'bar';
	function foo() {
		var_dump($this->foo);
	}
	static function bar() {
		var_dump(static::$bar);
	}
}

class B extends A { }

$b = new B;
$b->foo(); // works
B::bar();  // didn't work before master
 [2019-01-27 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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