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Bug #21486 $this pointer not always pointing to the right object
Submitted: 2003-01-07 06:19 UTC Modified: 2003-01-07 19:29 UTC
From: corinl at gmx dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 4.3.0 OS: windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2003-01-07 06:19 UTC] corinl at gmx dot de
hi,
i found that the $this pointer does not always point to the current class, as it is supposted to.

run the following example code:
-----
class ca
{
	function debug()
	{
		echo("ca::debug -> ");
		print_r($this);
		echo("<br>");
	}
}

class cb
{
	function debug()
	{
		echo("cb::debug -> ");
		print_r($this);
		echo("<br>");
	}
	
	function test()
	{
		cb::debug();
		ca::debug();
	}
}

$b = new cb;
$b->test();
-----

output is:
cb::debug -> cb Object ( ) 
ca::debug -> cb Object ( ) 

but should'nt it be:
cb::debug -> cb Object ( ) 
ca::debug -> ca Object ( ) 

it seems that when a class is called like class::methode from within another class, the this pointer points to the calling class, not the current running class!!

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 [2003-01-07 07:39 UTC] alan_k@php.net
$this is that of the calling class when you use static method calls, The official line is dont rely on this behaviour as
it may change...
ref: php-dev mailing list.
 [2004-02-18 16:25 UTC] phpbugs at ynx dot de
Hey, I think this is something that really needs to be fixed!

The original testcase shows that $this evaluates to the instance of cb even in ca::debug, which is definitly NOT the behaviour one might expect!

I think $this should always evaluate to nothing when accessed inside a function that is called statically!
 
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