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Bug #29689 default value of protected member overrides default value of private
Submitted: 2004-08-15 21:52 UTC Modified: 2005-06-09 19:22 UTC
Votes:10
Avg. Score:3.8 ± 1.2
Reproduced:8 of 9 (88.9%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:1 (12.5%)
From: php dot net at benjamin dot schulz dot name Assigned: andi (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5CVS-2005-04-19 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-08-15 21:52 UTC] php dot net at benjamin dot schulz dot name 
Description:
------------
protected member overrides private

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

class foo {
    private $foo = 'foo';

    function printFoo()
    {
        echo __CLASS__, ': ', $this->foo, '<br />';
    }
}

class bar extends foo {
    protected $foo = 'bar';

    function printFoo()
    {
        parent::printFoo();
        echo __CLASS__, ': ', $this->foo, '<br />';
    }
}

class baz extends bar {
    protected $foo = 'baz';
}

$bar = new bar;
$bar->printFoo();
echo '<hr />';
$baz = new baz();
$baz->printFoo();
?>

Expected result:
----------------
foo: foo
bar: bar
--
foo: foo
bar: baz

Actual result:
--------------
foo: foo
bar: bar
--
foo: baz
bar: baz

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 [2004-08-15 22:03 UTC] php dot net at benjamin dot schulz dot name 
default value of protected member overrides default value of private
 [2004-08-31 16:24 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
Private members belong only to the class where they were defined and cannot be inherited.
 [2004-08-31 17:48 UTC] php dot net at benjamin dot schulz dot name 
yep tony, you're right, and now read the bug report
 [2004-08-31 18:32 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
Please, be more verbose next time if you want to get any help. Your conciseness doesn't help very much.
The problem is that you're trying to access class members through $this variable using static methods. As you can understand in this case there is no $this and behavior seems to be undefined (shouldn't there be an error, btw?).
 [2004-08-31 19:00 UTC] php dot net at benjamin dot schulz dot name 
you don't get the point, the problem is that baz's protected $foo overrides foo's private $foo, that should not happen

using parent::foo() is a common technique, and there is a $this because it get's the context of the calling point
 [2005-04-19 16:19 UTC] sniper@php.net 
<?php

class foo {
    private $foo = 'foo';

    function printFoo1()
    {
        echo __CLASS__, ': ', $this->foo, "\n";
    }
}

class bar extends foo {
    protected $foo = 'bar';

    function printFoo2()
    {
        echo __CLASS__, ': ', $this->foo, "\n";
    }
}

class baz extends bar {
    protected $foo = 'baz';

    function printFoo3()
    {
        echo __CLASS__, ': ', $this->foo, "\n";
    }
}
$bar = new baz;
$bar->printFoo1();
$bar->printFoo2();
$bar->printFoo3();
?>

Outputs:
foo: baz
bar: baz
baz: baz

When it should output:
foo: foo
bar: bar
baz: baz

Right?
 [2005-05-17 16:10 UTC] stas@php.net 
No, I think it should output foo, baz, baz. Private property is to behave for external functions as if it did not exist at all. However, protected property is shared by the whole inheritance chain, so redefining it means redefining it everywhere.
 [2005-06-09 19:22 UTC] stas@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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