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I have an abstract ParentClass with an protected $instanceVariable. Now there’s a ChildClass which has also an private $instanceVariable. It sets that to an initial value, like:
private $instanceVariable = 5;
So the child class overrides it and changes the visibility to private. The parent class does not assign a value to that instance variable. It’s also declared in the parent class because there are methods that access it.
Is this just fine with PHP?
You’re breaking the Liskov Substitution Principle – I should be able to inherit from the ChildClass secure in the knowledge that my GrandChild class can treat ChildClass as if it was ParentClass. That is that GrandChild should be able to access the protected $instanceVariable.