Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63482&edit=1
ID: 63482 Comment by: dev at pp3345 dot de Reported by: dev at pp3345 dot de Summary: register_tick_function() does not work correctly with private methods Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Debian Squeeze PHP Version: 5.4.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I understand that private methods can not be called from outside the class. But I believe that register_tick_function() should disallow registering private or protected methods or at least there should only be ONE error after leaving the class scope. Probably PHP should automatically recognize that the class scope was left, unregister the tick function and issue a notice. As far as I remember, private methods are fully supported as class autoloaders and work even when loading a class outside the class scope of the registered private method. This behavior is somewhat inconsistent. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-10 20:42:45] ni...@php.net As the tick function is not called in the class scope it also can't access its private methods. That's the whole point of private methods. This is also not specific to ticks, its the same with all private-method callbacks: They will only work if they are invoked from within the class. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-10 19:12:40] dev at pp3345 dot de Description: ------------ Registering a private method as a tick function leads to two errors on every tick. Test script: --------------- <?php declare(ticks = 1); class A { public function __construct() { register_tick_function(array($this, 'a')); } private function a() { echo 'Called'; } } new A; ?> Expected result: ---------------- CalledCalledCalled Actual result: -------------- Called Warning: Invalid callback A::a, cannot access private method A::a() in /var/vhosts/pancake/default/register_tick_function.php on line 15 Warning: main(): Unable to call A::a() - function does not exist in /var/vhosts/pancake/default/register_tick_function.php on line 15 Warning: Invalid callback A::a, cannot access private method A::a() in /var/vhosts/pancake/default/register_tick_function.php on line 17 Warning: main(): Unable to call A::a() - function does not exist in /var/vhosts/pancake/default/register_tick_function.php on line 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63482&edit=1