Req #63371 [Com]: Overriding method with an abstract method

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63371&edit=1 ID: 63371 Comment by: dagguh at gmail dot com Reported by: dagguh at gmail dot com Summary: Overriding method with an abstract method Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: 5.3.18 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: @hanskrentel: I made the comparison, because Java is generally more restrictive than PHP. This time, it is PHP which imposes a restriction, which is not present in Java. Furthermore, this restriction is aribtrary and completely unnecessary. Moreover, PHP is strongly influenced from Java since PHP5. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-10-26 17:23:52] hanskrentel at yahoo dot de > It works in Java, so why cannot it work in PHP? Because PHP is PHP and Java is Java. So where to file the bug-report? Shouldn't it be reported as a bug at Java, because Java doesn't do it like PHP? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-10-26 17:16:30] dagguh at gmail dot com Description: ------------ In Java you can override a method with an abstract one, but in PHP it results in: Fatal error: Cannot make non abstract method IdentifiableExceptionTests::getSystemUnderTest() abstract in class RestResponseExceptionTests in xxx on line yyy Test script: --------------- class HttpNotFoundException extends RestResponseException { public function getHttpStatusCode() { // ... } } abstract class RestResponseException extends IdentifiableException { public abstract function getHttpStatusCode(); } class IdentifiableException extends Exception { // ... } // ----------------------- and here come the tests: class HttpNotFoundExceptionTests extends RestResponseExceptionTests { protected function getSystemUnderTest() { return new HttpNotFoundException(); } // ... tests logic specific to HttpNotFoundException } class RestResponseExceptionTests extends IdentifiableExceptionTests { /** * @return RestResponseException */ protected abstract function getSystemUnderTest(); // ... tests specific for RestResponseException, even though it is an abstract class, it has some logic implemented and tests for that portion of logic are specified here. It is important to note that while getSystemUnderTest() method in IdentifiableExceptionTests expects IdentifiableException, in RestResponseExceptionTests it expects RestResponseException, which is a proper subclass of IdentifiableException } class IdentifiableExceptionTests extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase { /** * @return IdentifiableException */ protected function getSystemUnderTest() { return new IdentifiableException(); } //... tests IdentifiableException logic } Expected result: ---------------- I expect this code to work. It works in Java, so why cannot it work in PHP? Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Cannot make non abstract method IdentifiableExceptionTests::getSystemUnderTest() abstract in class RestResponseExceptionTests in xxx on line yyy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63371&edit=1