Req #52648 [NEW]: interface/class

From: Operating system: Windows PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:interface/class Description: ------------ A class that implements an interface should implement interface's methods, but a method inside that class with type hint of class that implements the interface would be accepted. Or not!? After all, both are hierarchically identical. Test script: --------------- interface IEntity { public function equals(IEntity $other); } class Entity implements IEntity { public function equals(Entity $other) { return $this === $other; } } Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Declaration of Entity::equals() must be compatible with that of IEntity::equals() in C:\wamp\www\horusweb\models\Coded.class.php -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52648&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52648&r=mysqlcfg