Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55554&edit=1
ID: 55554 User updated by: ryan at zuttonet dot com Reported by: ryan at zuttonet dot com Summary: Trait methods overriding legacy constructors Status: Open Type: Bug Package: *Programming Data Structures Operating System: Ubuntu PHP Version: 5.4.0alpha3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Apologies; the literal expected output for the provided test scripts should be: "this is a constructor" As this is the output when using __construct() in the class definition instead of a legacy-style constructor. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-08-31 15:49:30] ryan at zuttonet dot com Description: ------------ For the sake of consistency, exactly one of the following should be implemented: 1. Trait methods should be able to override __construct definitions 2. Trait methods should not be able to override legacy constructor definitions Currently, trait methods are not able to override __construct definitions. Trait methods are able to override legacy constructor definitions. Test script: --------------- Here are two test cases that will reproduce the defect: https://gist.github.com/1183844 Expected result: ---------------- A trait-level __construct method (or a trait-level method aliased as __construct) should not be able to override any type of constructor in a class Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Call to private SomeClass::__construct() from invalid context ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55554&edit=1
