#35363 [NEW]: Type Hinting doesn't work with strings

From: mg at memedia dot de Operating system: Various PHP version: 5CVS-2005-11-24 (snap) PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Type Hinting doesn't work with strings Description: ------------ See above. Maybe there are als osome other variable types that doesn't work. Actually I only see that Classes and Arrays work. Anyway, llive could be easier if I wouldn't need to tell every function to check for incoming variable types ;) Reproduce code: --------------- class Tasty { function mustBeArray(Array $test) { echo "Tasty::mustBeArray\n"; return true; } function mustBeString(String $str) { print("Tasty::mustBeString\n"); } function testType($type){ print("Tasty::testType\n"); print(gettype($type)."\n"); } } $t = new Tasty(); $t->mustBeArray(Array(1,2)); $t->testType((String)'test'); $t->mustBeString((String)'test'); // doesn't work Expected result: ---------------- OUTPUT: Tasty::mustBeArray Tasty::testType string Tasey::mustBeString Actual result: -------------- OUTPUT: Tasty::mustBeArray Tasty::testType string Fatal error: Argument 1 passed to Tasty::mustBeString() must be an object of class String -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35363&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35363&r=mysqlcfg