svn: /phpdoc/en/trunk/language/oop5/ abstract.xml

nikic Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:55:04 +0000 Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=316904 Log: Fix Doc Bug #55085: Undocumented BC break with changing __construct() signature Bug: https://bugs.php.net/55085 (Open) Undocumented BC break with changing __construct() signature Changed paths: U phpdoc/en/trunk/language/oop5/abstract.xml Modified: phpdoc/en/trunk/language/oop5/abstract.xml =================================================================== --- phpdoc/en/trunk/language/oop5/abstract.xml 2011-09-17 07:34:25 UTC (rev 316903) +++ phpdoc/en/trunk/language/oop5/abstract.xml 2011-09-17 09:55:04 UTC (rev 316904) @@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ these methods must be defined with the same (or a less restricted) <link linkend="language.oop5.visibility">visibility</link>. For example, if the abstract method is defined as protected, the function implementation - must be defined as either protected or public, but not private. + must be defined as either protected or public, but not private. Furthermore + the signatures of the methods must match, i.e. type hints and default values + must be the same. The last restriction also applies to constructors as of + PHP 5.4. Before 5.4 constructor signatures could differ. </para> <example>