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Bug #24471 protected data member redeclared as public
Submitted: 2003-07-03 00:09 UTC Modified: 2003-07-03 05:05 UTC
From: greg at chiaraquartet dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.0.0b1 (beta1) OS: linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-07-03 00:09 UTC] greg at chiaraquartet dot net
Description:
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if a protected data member is re-declared as public in a child class, it is redefined as public.  Shouldn't the parent class protected declaration override the child class as it does for private?

Reproduce code:
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<?php
class test
{
	protected $a = 6;
	function __construct()
	{
		print $this->a;
	}
}

class my extends test
{
	var $a = 7;
	function __construct()
	{
		print $this->a;
		parent::__construct();
	}
}
$a = new test; // 6
$a = new my; // 77
print $a->a; // should give error, is 7
$a->a = 4;
print $a->a; // 4
?>

Expected result:
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Fatal Error, cannot redeclare a protected data member as public

Actual result:
--------------
67774

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 [2003-07-03 05:05 UTC] stas@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

You can increase visibility in derived classes (e.g., protected->public) but you can not decrease visibility (since it violates the base class API). 
 
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