Newsgroups: php.internals
Path: news.php.net
Xref: news.php.net php.internals:89491
Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm
Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 209.85.160.180 as permitted sender)
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <CAPg3XxK3NU5LK_Z0XcX2Y7=nmq6CCvxbNuupS9tO83ebZeYUOw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPg3XxK3NU5LK_Z0XcX2Y7=nmq6CCvxbNuupS9tO83ebZeYUOw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:18:11 +0000
Message-ID: <CAPg3XxLApoY5iPzOpetn4HteCTscxopjPMUpPUevkHFG0EVa0Q@mail.gmail.com>
To: PHP internals <internals@lists.php.net>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114d713e3e3a510525c10b63
Subject: Re: static:: and PHP 7 (from bug #70997)
From: petercowburn@gmail.com (Peter Cowburn)

--001a114d713e3e3a510525c10b63
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

On 30 November 2015 at 12:16, Peter Cowburn <petercowburn@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi internals,
>
> I'm looking for some feedback on a change with regard to static::, which
> has been present throughout the 7 branch.
>
> Have a look-see at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70997
>
> <?php
>
> class A {
>     const TEST = false;
>     public function test() {
>         var_dump(static::TEST);
>     }
> }
>
> class B extends A {
>     const TEST = true;
>
>     public function test() {
>         A::test();
>     }
> }
>
> $b = new B;
> $b->test();
>
> ?>
>
> In PHP 7 it dumps true, in PHP 5 false.
>

Gah, this was inevitable!  In PHP 7 it dumps FALSE, in PHP 5 TRUE. Stupid
brain.


>
> I'm looking for info on when, where, why it was introduced, and ultimately
> some clarification of:
> a) was this intentional
> b) it is going to stay (i.e. "not a bug")
> c) some more to go on so I can document the change clearly
>
> If there is already a line in NEWS/UPGRADING or a commit you can point me
> to, that would be amazing.
>
> Whatever tangents this topic wanders off on, I'd like to eventually pull
> it back to the bug report mentioned above with one eye on formulating the
> docs changes (if it's really "not a bug").
>
> Cheers,
>
> A docs guy.
>
>

--001a114d713e3e3a510525c10b63--