1--TEST-- 2ZE2 A private method cannot be called in a derived class 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5 6class pass { 7 private function show() { 8 echo "Call show()\n"; 9 } 10 11 protected function good() { 12 $this->show(); 13 } 14} 15 16class fail extends pass { 17 public function ok() { 18 $this->good(); 19 } 20 21 public function not_ok() { 22 $this->show(); 23 } 24} 25 26$t = new fail(); 27$t->ok(); 28$t->not_ok(); // calling a private function 29 30echo "Done\n"; // shouldn't be displayed 31?> 32--EXPECTF-- 33Call show() 34 35Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to private method pass::show() from context 'fail' in %s:%d 36Stack trace: 37#0 %s(%d): fail->not_ok() 38#1 {main} 39 thrown in %s on line %d 40