Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63990&edit=1
ID: 63990 Updated by: johan...@php.net Reported by: rok at andree dot si Summary: Function returns wrong when deailing with class magic methods -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.3Git-2013-01-15 (snap) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: isset() and empty() call the __isset() magic method, not __get. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-15 12:27:20] rok at andree dot si Description: ------------ --- >From manual page: >http://www.php.net/function.empty#refsect1-function.empty-description --- When testing a property of a class with empty(), when this property is served by __get magic method when this property is NOT EMPTY empty() will return TRUE and display no error or warning This has been tested on: PHP 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.7 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: May 4 2012 00:50:06) and http://writecodeonline.com/php/ Test script: --------------- $v = "11.10.2012 13:26:21"; $test = new a(); $test->b = $v; echo $test->b; $r = empty($test->b); var_dump($r); class a { protected $b; /* * Magic */ public function __get($property) { if (property_exists($this, $property)) { return $this->$property; } } /* * Magic */ public function __set($property, $value) { if (property_exists($this, $property)) { $this->$property = $value; } } } Expected result: ---------------- 11.10.2012 13:26:21bool(false) OR Error along the lines of: Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context on line N Actual result: -------------- 11.10.2012 13:26:21bool(true) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63990&edit=1