1--TEST-- 2Bug #38003 (in classes inherited from MySQLi it's possible to call private constructors from invalid context) 3--EXTENSIONS-- 4mysqli 5--FILE-- 6<?php 7 8class DB extends mysqli { 9 10 private function __construct($hostname, $username, $password, $database) { 11 var_dump("DB::__construct() called"); 12 } 13} 14 15$DB = new DB(); 16 17echo "Done\n"; 18?> 19--EXPECTF-- 20Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to private DB::__construct() from global scope in %s 21Stack trace: 22#0 {main} 23 thrown in %s 24