#34494 [NEW]: overloading function in child class doesn't work

From: esad dot public at esse dot at Operating system: Linux 2.6.11 PHP version: 5.0.5 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: overloading function in child class doesn't work Description: ------------ When I try to overload the function in parent class by just assigning the function argument a default value, the interpreter complains (when running in strict mode) Reproduce code: --------------- class Node { public function process($param) { } } class Node_FrontController extends Node { public function process($param=null) { } } Expected result: ---------------- No warning message Actual result: -------------- Strict Standards: Declaration of Node_FrontController::process() should be compatible with that of Node::process() in FrontController.inc.php on line 25 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34494&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34494&r=mysqlcfg