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ID: 65352 Comment by: mail+php at requinix dot net Reported by: seyferseed at mail dot ru Summary: Method Closure::bind() can access private property of object Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Class/Object related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.4.17 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: References deal with the actual values of variables, not the variables themselves. Access control deals with variables. When you create $bar as a reference to something - anything - the only thing that matters when changing its value is the scope of $bar. Like a piece of paper. I write down where my buried treasure is on two pieces, put one in a safe and give the other to you. You can use yours to loot the treasure and replace it with your own. The fact that the other piece of paper is locked away somewhere is irrelevant. But here isn't the best place for an in-depth explanation of references. Trust me when I say that what's going on isn't a bug and that plenty of other languages act exactly the same way. If you would like a real explanation then I suggest finding an online PHP group, forum, or mailing list, and asking there. Or even emailing me, I wouldn't mind. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-31 10:49:03] seyferseed at mail dot ru You tell me about scope, i'm understand what you mean. But in my example i can change private property not in scrope. This is not about reading property, this is about setting private without setter. See examples. $bar not copy, bar link to private. $foo = new Foo(); $bar = & $reader($foo, 'bar'); $bar = 'tab'; This is not in class scope, this is just reference (link) to private property, but i can change it. I think this is wrong! And in this case too: $bar = & $foo->getBar(); $bar = "tab"; I think changing private property by reference in any case, with bind() or not, wrong. This is violation of encapsulation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-31 04:54:43] mail+php at requinix dot net Variable scope. With bind() you were creating a closure that executes in the scope of that class. That's what the third argument was about. It means the function can do anything that a normal member function could have done, like call private methods and access private variables. As with reflection, with great power comes great responsibility. If you want to get the error then omit the third argument so the function remains in the scope you were executing in (ie, the global scope). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-31 04:39:12] seyferseed at mail dot ru For PHP, yes, solved. But not for logic. I believe that to change the link to private property is very wrong. Should generate an error. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-31 04:30:13] mail+php at requinix dot net >$bar = $foo->getBar(); Simply making the function return by reference is not enough: you have to assign by reference too. Otherwise the function returns a reference, yes, but your assignment makes a copy. You need both of the &s. http://php.net/language.references.return The first note on the page says exactly that. Your version with Closure::bind() had both. That's why it worked. Resolved? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-31 02:19:17] seyferseed at mail dot ru If i'm add & there $bar = & $foo->getBar(); $bar = "tab"; echo $foo->getBar(); I really can change Private $foo to "tab". I'm so confused... I'm expected Fatal error: Cannot access private property But by reference there is no error. Maybe this is PHP "feature" and there is no bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65352 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65352&edit=1