ID: 45334 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: kristianoye at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Class/Object related Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment:
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 These rules are a central part of the object model, it was designed to work that way and we don't want to change it. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-06-23 09:02:45] kristianoye at gmail dot com Description: ------------ This issue was brought up in Bug #42830 but the bug was closed as 'Bogus' but to me it seems to be a valid issue: I am working on a small framework of my own and all objects share a common ancestor (base object) that defines __construct as public. I cannot redefine the visibility of __construct in the base without breaking other classes, yet I still want this derived, singleton to share the relation. Addendum: This seems to be the case with any method, actually, not specific to __construct(). I tried defining a 'GetMessage()' method in the same class structure. Reproduce code: --------------- class BaseObject { public function GetMessage() { return "foo1"; } } class RequestObject extends BaseObject { public function GetMessage() { return "foo2"; } } class CurrentRequest extends RequestObject { private function GetMessage() { return "top secret"; } } Expected result: ---------------- No errors for restricting visibility of methods in derived classes (I can understand not letting you *increase* visibility of derived methods, but not the other way around). Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Access level to CurrentRequest::GetMessage() must be public (as in class RequestObject) in C:\kristian\workspace\guild\foo.php on line 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45334&edit=1
