[PHP-BUG] Req #68876 [NEW]: Access specifier for class

From:             kulinchoksi at gmail dot com
Operating system: any
PHP version:      5.6.4
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:Access specifier for class

Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.oop5.visibility
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In recent versions of PHP, we have introduced feature of namespaces.

I was thinking of the scenario where we can specify access
specifier/visibility of classes also.

We may allow to access instantiation of the class inside namespace only
if it's private.
Although I'm not sure about allowing the objects of that class outside
the namespace but I think, it should be allowed in any case.

Example of encapsulating classes in namespace could be:
- Different payment classes may represent different payment methods.
- A payment manager class can only access the payment factory which will
decide to instantiate particular type of payment class.
- In application, we would access payment class via manager class only.
So manager class can behave like a public interface of payment
entities.

Example:

namespace application/payment;

abstract class Payment {
    ...
}

private class TypePaypal extends Payment {
    ...
}

private class TypePaymentInAdvance extends Payment {
    ...
}

class PaymentFactory {
    ...
}


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register_globals:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68876&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68876&r=php4
Daylight Savings:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68876&r=dst
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MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68876&r=mysqlcfg