From: Operating system: Windows 7 x64 PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Private member of parent class accessible from child class.
Description: ------------ <?php class Father { private $my_private_member = 'Father private member'; public function show_private_member() { echo $this->my_private_member; } } class Son extends Father { private $my_private_member = 'Son private member'; } //After init Son object, it has both private members, we can see it if we var_dump($son_instance); $son_instance = new Son; //Following manual php.net the output "Son private member" is expected here, but the result is "Father private member" $son_instance->show_private_member(); ?> Test script: --------------- <?php class Father { private $my_private_member = 'Father private member'; public function show_private_member() { echo $this->my_private_member; } } class Son extends Father { private $my_private_member = 'Son private member'; } //After init Son object, it has both private members, we can see it if we var_dump($son_instance); $son_instance = new Son; //Following manual php.net the output "Son private member" is expected here, but the result is "Father private member" $son_instance->show_private_member(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Expected "Son private member". -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52245&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52245&r=mysqlcfg