#50870 [NEW]: Constructor parameters do not have to match those of superclass constructor

From: sjoerd-php at linuxonly dot nl Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Constructor parameters do not have to match those of superclass constructor Description: ------------ It is unclear when a overloading method should have the same parameters as its superclass, this could use some documentation. If you override a method in a subclass, the method needs to have the same parameters as the superclass. The following will trigger an E_STRICT: class A { public function foo(stdClass $a) { } } class B extends A { public function foo($a) { } } Strict standards: Declaration of B::foo() should be compatible with that of A::foo() This does not apply to the constructor. The __construct special method may have different parameters. The following will not give a notice: class A { public function A(stdClass $a) { } } class B extends A { public function B($a) { } } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50870&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50870&r=mysqlcfg