ID: 32073
Comment by: ghostwwinside at gmx dot net
Reported By: joh at deworks dot net
Status: Open
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 5CVS-2005-02-23 (dev)
New Comment:
I think the overloading documentation is a bit unclear,
beacause it mention "Class members" and do not restrict
it to "Instance members".
Previous Comments:
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[2005-02-23 01:58:06] joh at deworks dot net
Description:
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Currently, it is only possible to overload method calls and member
accesses of an object. The use of static classes with static methods
and members is a good way to organize different parts of an
application. Therefore, it would've be convenient to be able to
overload static method calls and member accesses as you can do on
objects. As a static class member/method cannot have the same name as a
normal class member/method, this should be possible.
This would give the developer finer controll over his/her static
libraries.
In the provided example, the developer could restrict access to the
static member Foo::$readonly.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
class Foo {
protected static $readonly = "Read-only member";
public static function __get($name)
{
switch ($name) {
case 'readonly':
return self::$readonly;
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
echo Foo::$readonly;
Foo::$readonly = "Not possible.";
?>
Expected result:
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Read-only member
Actual result:
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Fatal error: Cannot access protected property Foo::$readonly ...
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