From: rael at grad dot icmc dot usp dot br
Operating system: Any
PHP version: 5.1.2
PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related
Bug description: Parent class constants are not overriden by sub classes in
static methods
Description:
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Parent class constants are not overriden by sub classes in static methods.
Do this override is a common behave, like in Java language. This is a very
important feature to construct good class hierarchies.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
class Father{
const NAME = "John";
public static function foo(){
echo self::NAME;
}
}
class Son extends Father{
const NAME = "John Junior";
}
Son::foo();
?>
Expected result:
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Output of "John Junior"
Actual result:
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Output of "John"
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=trysnapshot44
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=trysnapshot51
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37052&r=mysqlcfg
