On 17.05.2018 at 12:12, Andrey O Gromov wrote: > Please take a look on patch "EN error fixed" from user "rjhdby" > > > <emphasis>protected</emphasis> or > <emphasis>private</emphasis>. Class members declared public can be > accessed everywhere. Members declared protected can be accessed > - only within the class itself and by inheriting and parent > - classes. Members declared as private may only be accessed by the > + only within the class itself and by inheriting. > + Members declared as private may only be accessed by the > class that defines the member. > </para> > - > + <note>You can access protected members of a class or object from > inherited methods. > + Do <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> rely on this behavior, because it can be > changed at any time.</note> > <sect2 xml:id="language.oop5.visibility-members"> > <title>Property Visibility</title> > <para>
I think we should discuss this on the internals@ mailing list. Perhaps the current behavior is by design, and will “never” change. -- Christoph M. Becker -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
