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Bug #25199 $this->a doesn't call $this->__get('a')
Submitted: 2003-08-21 13:05 UTC Modified: 2003-10-16 05:18 UTC
Votes:3
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:3 of 3 (100.0%)
Same Version:3 (100.0%)
Same OS:2 (66.7%)
From: thomas dot hebinck at digionline dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5* OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-08-21 13:05 UTC] thomas dot hebinck at digionline dot de 
Description:
------------
A call of $this->a creates a new public variable instead of calling __get('a') - even if this call is just defined and never used. (same problem in beta 1)

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?

class foo {
  function __get($property) {
    switch ($property) {
      case 'a':
      	return 'a';
      	break;
    }
  }
  function bar() {
  	echo 'test';
  	return $this->a; // this is the "bad" line
  }
}

$foo = new foo;

echo '$foo->a = "' . $foo->a . '"';
?>

Expected result:
----------------
$foo->a = "a"

Actual result:
--------------
$foo->a = ""

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 [2003-10-15 23:54 UTC] kyle at putnamcabinets dot com 
Interesting phenomenon:

<?
class foo
{
    //var $a;    // When uncommented, bug always occurs
    function __get($property)
    {
        echo "I behave properly\n";
    }
}

$a = new foo;
//$a->a = 'x';   // When uncommented, bug always occurs
echo $a->a;
?>

No output indicates the bug occurs, otherwise output is "I behave properly".
 [2003-10-16 04:45 UTC] helly@php.net 
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.  For a
list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please
visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the
appropriate forum for asking support questions. 

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

When you access a property inside a class method without declaring it it becomes an implicit public property.
 [2003-10-16 04:55 UTC] helly@php.net 
Duplicate of #25815
 
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