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Bug #27193 the visibility of class constructor cannot be changed
Submitted: 2004-02-09 10:22 UTC Modified: 2004-02-09 11:19 UTC
From: andrey@php.net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5* OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-02-09 10:22 UTC] andrey@php.net
Description:
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While it's no problem to change the visibility of a constructor (limit the visibility) when using the old way of declaring a constructor (function with the same name as the class), it's not possible to lower the visibility in a hierarchy where the constructors are named after the new standard : __construct() .
The engine have to check whether the name is __construct() (what about __destruct()? ), and not to complain in this case that the visibility is lowered.

The first example emits a fatal error. The second is perfectly valid.

Reproduce code:
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php -r 'class a{public function __construct() {}} class b extends a {private function __construct(){}}'

php -r 'class a{public function a() {}} class b extends a {private function b(){}}'

Actual result:
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PHP Fatal error:  Access level to b::__construct() must be public (as in class a) in Command line code on line 1

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 [2004-02-09 11:19 UTC] helly@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

expected behavior,

using old style constructors means using unrelated constructors.

using new style constructors means all rules apply. Hence you cannot decrease visility.
 
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