php.net |  support |  documentation |  report a bug |  advanced search |  search howto |  statistics |  random bug |  login

go to bug id or search bugs for

Doc Bug #80515 The behavior of ReflectionClass::getMethods() changed in 7.4
Submitted: 2020-12-14 19:51 UTC Modified: 2020-12-14 20:16 UTC
From: mark at fastmail dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Reflection related
PHP Version: 7.4.13 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
View Developer Edit
Welcome! If you don't have a Git account, you can't do anything here.
If you reported this bug, you can edit this bug over here.
(description)
Block user comment
Status: Assign to:
Package:
Bug Type:
Summary:
From: mark at fastmail dot net
New email:
PHP Version: OS:

 

 [2020-12-14 19:51 UTC] mark at fastmail dot net 
Description:
------------
Specifying logically ORed filter arguments results in "and" behavior in 7.3, but results in "or" behavior in 7.4.  The provided test script returns both methods in 7.4, but only the first method in 7.3.  Should this change be added to the "Backward Incompatible Changes" page?

Test script:
---------------
<?php

class A{
    static function one(){}
    function two(){}
}

$class = new ReflectionClass(A::class);

var_dump($class->getMethods(ReflectionMethod::IS_PUBLIC || ReflectionMethod::IS_STATIC));

Patches

Pull Requests

History

AllCommentsChangesGit/SVN commitsRelated reports
 [2020-12-14 19:57 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug -Package: Unknown/Other Function +Package: Reflection related
 [2020-12-14 19:57 UTC] requinix@php.net 
|| is *boolean* OR
| is *bitwise* OR

You should have been using the latter.
 [2020-12-14 20:13 UTC] mark at fastmail dot net 
Thanks very much for pointing that mistake out.  I suppose that means the behavior of "$reflectionClass->getMethods(true)" is really what changed.  I have noticed that undocumented "features" are sometimes mentioned in "Backward Incompatible Changes", but I'm guessing this wouldn't be a common/risky enough case to make the list.
 [2020-12-14 20:16 UTC] requinix@php.net 
Actually what changed was the value of the constants.

In 7.3, IS_PUBLIC=256 and IS_STATIC=1, thus true == 1 == IS_STATIC.
In 7.4, IS_PUBLIC=1 and IS_STATIC=16, thus true == 1 == IS_PUBLIC.
 
PHP Copyright © 2001-2025 The PHP Group
All rights reserved. 		Last updated: Tue Oct 28 19:00:01 2025 UTC