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Doc Bug #43924 Overloading methods can be static and non-public
Submitted: 2008-01-23 22:47 UTC Modified: 2008-07-02 15:29 UTC
From: felipe@php.net Assigned: danielc (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 5.3CVS-2008-01-23 (CVS) OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-01-23 22:47 UTC] felipe@php.net 
Description:
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Says the documentation:
"All overloading methods must not be defined as static. All overloading methods must be defined as public."
However, this rule doesn't exists.

Reproduce code:
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<?php

class foobar
{
    static private function __call($x, $y) {
        printf("[[%s]]\n", $x);
    }
}

$foo = new foobar;
$foo->test();

?>

Expected result:
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Some error message.

Actual result:
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[[test]]

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 [2008-01-24 09:34 UTC] felipe@php.net 
"All overloading methods must not be defined as static."

Ok. I mean the phrase references just concept, whereas $this isn't allowed in static methods.

But, "All overloading methods must be defined as public.", really isn't true.
 [2008-02-09 01:04 UTC] stas@php.net 
It looks like right now the engine just ignores qualifiers on such methods. I.e. __call you defined in fact won't be static or private.
 [2008-07-02 15:29 UTC] danielc@php.net 
PHP now throws the following warning: "The magic method __isset() must have public visibility and can not be static."  Documentation has been updated accordingly.
 
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