[PHP-BUG] Bug #76246 [NEW]: cannot access private variable in file included in method

[email protected] ("miklcct at gmail dot com") Sat, 21 Apr 2018 03:50:49 GMT
Newsgroups	php.standards
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
From:             miklcct at gmail dot com
Operating system: Debian
PHP version:      7.2.4
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:cannot access private variable in file included in method

Description:
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An included file inside a class method cannot access class private
member, but can access protected member

Test script:
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// View.php
class View {
    private $data = 'test';
    public function render() {
        require 'view.phtml'
    }
}
(new View)->render();

// view.phtml
<html><head><title>$this->data</title></head><body></body></html>

Expected result:
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An HTML with title test is returned

Actual result:
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A fatal error saying cannot access private property

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