The following is a valid and working PHP script (PHP 5.3):

<?php

class A
{
	protected function do_a()
	{
		echo "a";
	}
}

class B extends A
{
	protected function do_a()
	{
		echo "b";
	}
}

class C extends A
{
	public function do_c()
	{
		$b=new B;
		$b->do_a();
	}
}

$c=new C;
$c->do_c();

?>


However, Netbeans obviously assumes I'm not allowed to execute the statement "$b->do_a()" due to the method's "protected" modifier. Hence code assist doesn't offer anything here.