Bug #63592 [Opn->Nab]: class alias are not used/resolved by type hinting

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63592&edit=1 ID: 63592 Updated by: felipe@php.net Reported by: frederic dot hardy at mageekbox dot net Summary: class alias are not used/resolved by type hinting -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: macos X mountain lion PHP Version: 5.4.9 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 19:48 @ mageekguy >> you can close my bug report, seems that i made a mistake in my script Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-23 21:36:15] frederic dot hardy at mageekbox dot net Description: ------------ Imagine that you have a A class. Imagine that you have an alias B on this A class. Imagine that you have a function/method which require a B as argument. So, currently, it's not possible to pass a A instance as argument to this function/method. Test script: --------------- <?php class A {} class_alias('A', 'B'); function foo(B $b) {} foo(new A()); Expected result: ---------------- Nothing. Actual result: -------------- PHP Catchable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to foo() must be an instance of B, instance of A given, called in /path/to/test/file.php on line 6 and defined in /path/to/test/file.php on line 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63592&edit=1