Bug #61275 [NEW]: Cannot have class method with same name as language construct
From:
Operating system: Any
PHP version: 5.4.0
Package: Compile Failure
Bug Type: Bug
Bug description:Cannot have class method with same name as language construct
Description:
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It isn't possible to have a class method whose name is the same as any of
the
language constructs, e.g. array(), doing so creates a parse error as
follows:
PHP Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' in - on line 8
The error message is somewhat cryptic and confusing when it affects code
which
looks
otherwise perfectly valid.
This perhaps isn't a big deal for most people as the work around is to
rename your
method. It is a problem when using a different name for the method is
undesirable
(e.g. I'm creating a framework in PHP which emulates that from a different
programming language, so ideally the method names should be the same).
Test script:
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<?php
$test=new testClass();
$test->array();
class testClass
{
public function array()
{
echo("testClass::array() called.");
}
}
?>
Expected result:
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testClass::array() called.
Actual result:
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PHP Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' in - on line 8
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Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=fixed
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Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=alreadyfixed
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Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=support
Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=notwrong
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Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=php4
Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=dst
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Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=float
No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61275&r=mysqlcfg
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