Alan,
Yes, those are the same results I'm getting. I'm running the latest CVS.
AFAIK, printing "Poppy" shouldn't happen - the variable should be private.
--Paul
On Friday 11 Jul 2003 11:19 pm, Alan D'Angelo wrote:
> Hello,
> In my PHP5 installation the first example print Poppy,
> but the second return
> Fatal error: Call to protected method dog::bark() from context '' in
> c:\appserv\www\test\mailingphp50.php on line 18
>
> In my previous installation oh PHP5, private variable worked well ...
> PHP 5 is one beta, try with an next snapshot.
>
>
> Alan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:21 PM
> Subject: [PHP] Private and protected variables in PHP 5?
>
> > All,
> >
> > I'm toying with the new stuff available in PHP 5 (latest CVS), but I've
>
> hit a
>
> > brick wall: both private and protected don't seem to work as I'd expect
>
> them
>
> > to.
> >
> > Here's an example script:
> >
> > <?php
> > class dog {
> > // declare two private variables
> > private $Name;
> > private $DogTag;
> >
> > public function bark() {
> > print "Woof!\n";
> > }
> > }
> >
> > // new class, for testing derived stuff
> > class poodle extends dog {
> > public function bark() {
> > print "Yip!\n";
> > }
> > }
> >
> > // I now create an instance of the
> > // derived class
> > $poppy = new poodle;
> >
> > // and set its private property
> > $poppy->Name = "Poppy";
> > print $poppy->Name;
> > ?>
> >
> > For some reason, that script works fine - PHP doesn't object to me
> > setting private variables in the derived class. Yet if I use "$poppy =
> > new dog",
>
> the
>
> > script errors out as expected. It's almost like PHP inherits the member
> > variables, but not the attached access control.
> >
> > For protected, here's another script:
> >
> > <?php
> > class dog {
> > // this next function is protected
> > // viz, it should be available to dog
> > // and its children
> >
> > protected function bark() {
> > print "Woof!\n";
> > }
> > }
> >
> > class poodle extends dog {
> > // nothing happening here
> > }
> >
> > $mydog = new poodle;
> > // I now call the protected function
> > $mydog->bark();
> > ?>
> >
> > That script errors out saying that I can't call the protected function
>
> bark -
>
> > surely, being protected, it should be available in the poodle class too?
> >
> > Of course, it might be that these two pieces of functionality are not yet
> > implemented in PHP, or, more likely, that I'm just misinterpreting the
> > documentation! ;)
> >
> > If you have any insight, please CC me into your response to the list.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Paul
> >
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