Bug #51310 [NEW]: Using namespaces breaks generic object type hinting

From: Operating system: MacOS X PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Using namespaces breaks generic object type hinting Description: ------------ Specifying object as the type hint seems to be broken when using namespaces. Test script: --------------- namespace A; class X {} function foo(object $bar) {} foo(new X); foo(new \stdClass); Expected result: ---------------- foo(new X); // works foo(new \stdClass); // works Actual result: -------------- foo(new X); // fails foo(new \stdClass); // fails -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51310&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51310&r=mysqlcfg