--TEST-- Testing property_exists() --FILE-- <?php class aParent { public static function staticTest() { $a = new A; var_dump(property_exists($a, "prot")); var_dump(property_exists($a, "prot2")); var_dump(property_exists($a, "prot3")); print "------------------\n"; var_dump(property_exists("A", "prot")); var_dump(property_exists("A", "prot2")); var_dump(property_exists("A", "prot3")); print "------------------\n"; } public function nonstaticTest() { $a = new A; var_dump(property_exists($a, "prot")); var_dump(property_exists($a, "prot2")); var_dump(property_exists($a, "prot3")); print "------------------\n"; var_dump(property_exists("A", "prot")); var_dump(property_exists("A", "prot2")); var_dump(property_exists("A", "prot3")); } } class A extends aParent { static public $prot = "prot"; static protected $prot2 = "prot"; static private $prot3 = "prot"; } A::staticTest(); $a = new a; $a->nonstaticTest(); ?> --EXPECT-- bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) ------------------ bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) ------------------ bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) ------------------ bool(true) bool(true) bool(true)