On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Rowan Collins <rowan.coll...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Note that this example also works in Java: https://tio.run/##vZMxb9swEIVn > 61fcKKctbWctMhUIuhgomqIdigwn8mIxpUiDPNkpDP92hxJlW4rsIUBRQhP5 > @O670@MzbvDTs/pzOGAR2KNkkAZDgG9eS4JdBnGtvWOSTAqUqwtDsEFT0@f2 > LAnirpbpTt7XTDuHZnGpg2h34a7vsD/7nBhGFVfE33H7s7mVT8eVz6p75yvk > eLPT9gBmM/iCxgTAnn9FXDoF7gm2pZYlbciDLLVR3Rx0aMFPJp649haWyKXw > rrYqb/sa8E1HjXWYG6cVoFJ5mq7jkvy/IGyNLg36w106Exfmt8/2WZYsfuDL > vSdKVPTCZNWbBCT@ge7qjw71mnyeto@lLudoQNVz6IZ8bmRE3CL80lxGpCHx > bpTIo@x/AsMNLMRtDzvriBL@ErWN1yfdZmDkYzyqeJQ/sNd29fsR0K9CU2gy > SUPH@HYsbQd/Il/MxTyCHzVFp@k3f9Y8/A1MlXA1i3UswsbmKC48nGvi > 4qo4fjHAX8nTR0AL2sa2bBPzp2FwttoYQCkpvA16VcRsR3mfPLqiaN5M8W78ZvCHwys >
Java's behavior stems from the fact that protected offers package-level visibility. A concept that we don't have in PHP. To offer a counter example, C# disallows it: https://ideone.com/DkiCeM PHP started allowing this in 5.2 due to a bug report stating that it should be possible: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37212
