Req #62858 [NEW]: Please remove 'final' restriction on SimpleXMLElement::__construct
From: michaelduff at yahoo dot com
Operating system:
PHP version: 5.4.6
Package: SimpleXML related
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description:Please remove 'final' restriction on SimpleXMLElement::__construct
Description:
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The __construct() method on SimpleXMLElement is marked 'final', which
prevents extension of the class for, say, XML-format-specific objects which
augment otherwise empty incoming XML data.
The current workaround is to use __get and __set and company (which
unfortunately means <?= $obj instanceof SimpleXMLElement ?> fails), and
which is much slower -- or to use a static factory method which forces some
XML in there (which is syntactically ugly imo.)
Not to shoot my request in the foot, but I forsee possible issues with
these functions:
- simplexml_import_dom ( $node [, $class_name ] )
- simplexml_load_file ( string $filename [, string $class_name ] ... )
- simplexml_load_string ( string $data [, string $class_name ] ... )
However, perhaps it would suffice to require 'a compatible function
signature' rather than to mark it final?
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Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62858&edit=1
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Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62858&r=fixed
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Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62858&r=notwrong
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Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62858&r=submittedtwice
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PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62858&r=php4
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Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62858&r=float
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MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62858&r=mysqlcfg
Thread (4 messages)
- michaelduff at yahoo dot com