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Bug #38636 overloading __set changes the behavior of property access to call __get
Submitted: 2006-08-29 01:03 UTC Modified: 2006-08-29 07:39 UTC
From: foobar at dodgeit dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.1.5 OS: FreeBSD 6.1
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 [2006-08-29 01:03 UTC] foobar at dodgeit dot com
Description:
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Consider the following code:

$foo = new A;
$foo->bar = 'bar';
echo $foo->bar;

Assume A defines __get.
Behavior of the last line is different depending on whether A defines __set. If __set is not defined, then the last line won't call __get. If __set is defined, __get will be called.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
  class A { public function __get($prop) { echo "getting\n"; } }
  $a = new A; $a->foo = 'foo'; echo $a->foo."\n";
?>

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<?php
  class A { public function __get($prop) { echo "getting\n"; } public function __set($prop, $val) { echo "setting\n"; } }
  $a = new A; $a->foo = 'foo'; echo $a->foo."\n";
?>


Expected result:
----------------
The first run produces:

foo

The second run produces:

getting
setting


Actual result:
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Either 'getting' should be printed in both runs, or it should be not printed in either run.


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 [2006-08-29 01:07 UTC] foobar at dodgeit dot com
Sorry, I reversed expected and actual results.
 [2006-08-29 07:39 UTC] tony2001@php.net
Expected behaviour.
Since there is no __set(), you created a "real" property with $a->foo = 'foo';, and __get() is called only for "virtual" properties.
 
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