Req #79228 [NEW]: Allow DateTimeInterface to be implemented in userland

From: eric at ericstern dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Allow DateTimeInterface to be implemented in userland Description: ------------ Since DateTimeInterface has a restriction that it cannot be implemented in user space, certain operations (especially in testing) become unnecessarily difficult. It would be great if a future version of PHP lifted this restriction. Test script: --------------- https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/3680 is an example of why this is a real-world issue. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79228&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79228&r=mysqlcfg