Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41856&edit=1
ID: 41856
Updated by: requinix@php.net
Reported by: mbaynton at gmail dot com
Summary: support for anonymous classes
-Status: Open
+Status: Wont fix
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.2.3
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
anonymous_classes was declined.
Previous Comments:
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[2013-09-22 17:15:16] krakjoe@php.net
http://wiki.php.net/rfc/anonymous_classes
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[2013-09-02 22:06:30] johannes@php.net
My guess is that anonymous classes would have a good chance once a good implementation comes by.
This is not completely trivial as the class_entry has to be stored in the class_table but has to be
somewhat hidden and we might have to find a way to hide the information in the oparray.
As all things in PHP this needs a volunteer to do it. All contributors have sometime X to work on
PHP and in time X can either discuss stuff, fix bugs or implement features ... but with some
guidance this might be a nice project for a newcomer (I'd volunteer to give a hand to point in
the right direction etc., while this guarantees acceptance in no way as that would need an RFC
etc.) until then we have to live with workarounds.
For the PageController interface example an (work-around) alternative is
$page_controller = [
'get' => function () {},
'post' => function () {}
};
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[2013-09-02 21:42:36] zatacorothx at gmail dot com
Anonymous classes in Java are convenient when used with Interfaces. In PHP, this
could help with MVC frameworks. Say all pages had a class that implemented
PageController:
[some_page.php]
$page_controller = new PageInterface() {
function doGet() {}
function doPost() {}
};
A current workaround would be using a factory or constructor to which you pass
required methods, and not using an interface. It works, but then you have to
deal with missing methods in application logic where you could otherwise just
handle an error.
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[2013-07-22 15:32:27] pacerier at gmail dot com
+1
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[2012-03-15 18:45:47] pajoye@php.net
Not exactly the same but look at closure and traits support in 5.4.
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