--TEST-- ZE2 A protected method can only be called inside the class --FILE-- <?php class pass { protected static function fail() { echo "Call fail()\n"; } public static function good() { pass::fail(); } } pass::good(); pass::fail();// must fail because we are calling from outside of class pass echo "Done\n"; // shouldn't be displayed ?> --EXPECTF-- Call fail() Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to protected method pass::fail() from global scope in %s:%d Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in %s on line %d