--TEST-- Bug #50810 (property_exists does not work for private) --FILE-- <?php class ExampleSuperClass { private $foo; static protected $bar; private function foo() { } public function propertyFooExists() { return property_exists($this, 'foo'); } } class ExampleSubClass extends ExampleSuperClass { public function methodExists() { return method_exists($this, 'foo'); } public function propertyBarExists() { return property_exists($this, 'bar'); } } $example = new ExampleSubClass(); var_dump($example->methodExists()); var_dump(method_exists($example, 'propertyFooExists')); var_dump($example->propertyFooExists()); var_dump($example->propertyBarExists()); ?> --EXPECT-- bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) bool(true)