#39567 [Bgs]: Cannot find Class definition when there is one

ID: 39567 User updated by: imkow at 163 dot com Reported By: imkow at 163 dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Class/Object related Operating System: WinXp sp2+Apache2.2+Mod_PHP PHP Version: 5.2.0 New Comment: All right. but you people have to notice this is still a design fault that should be addressed in somewhere. we php script developers don't know much about php's internal structure. we can hardly distinguish what is done in compile time and what is not. The problem isn't on the manual where you can learn. So people will be used to write code like this until something be pointed out or changed. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-21 11:49:29] tony2001@php.net No, I didn't mean this. I meant exactly what I said - there is no way to declare this class in compile time, so it's declared in runtime. And you get the error because you're trying to use the class which is not yet declared. Please keep this report a bogus. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-21 11:44:52] imkow at 163 dot com do you mean that it's forbidden to write code like within one file: class A{} $j=new B; class B extends A{} or code like: $j=new B; class B{} is also forbidden. But at this moment they all work fine in php. if those mentioned are forbidden, maybe we should write something in the manual to clarify this... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-21 11:42:44] tony2001@php.net Please read what I said in my previous comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-21 11:34:51] imkow at 163 dot com require("file1.php"); $j= new A; $k= new B; class B extends A{} I've changed the code to ensure class A is defined. as shown above, only the line where $k in throws error.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-21 11:33:28] tony2001@php.net Expected behaviour. Class "B" cannot be declared in compile time, because class "A" is declared in another file. But in runtime, when you execute the line "$obj=new B;", the class "B" doesn't exist yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/39567 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39567&edit=1