[doc-en] master: DelayedTargetValidation: keep the first example valid on PHP 8.6 (#6032)

Author: Alejandro Borrego (abp002) Committer: GitHub (web-flow) Pusher: lacatoire Date: 2026-11-04T09:24:05+01:00 Commit: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/aeea14601ab64883520b4dfee1c79bafb210748b Raw diff: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/aeea14601ab64883520b4dfee1c79bafb210748b.diff DelayedTargetValidation: keep the first example valid on PHP 8.6 (#6032) * DelayedTargetValidation: keep the first example valid on PHP 8.6 * Apply suggestion from review Co-authored-by: Louis-Arnaud <20201470+lacatoire@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Alejandro Borrego <210245044+abp002@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Louis-Arnaud <20201470+lacatoire@users.noreply.github.com> Changed paths: M language/predefined/attributes/delayedtargetvalidation.xml Diff: diff --git a/language/predefined/attributes/delayedtargetvalidation.xml b/language/predefined/attributes/delayedtargetvalidation.xml index 1467f994c018..8ac949209328 100644 --- a/language/predefined/attributes/delayedtargetvalidation.xml +++ b/language/predefined/attributes/delayedtargetvalidation.xml @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ <?php class Base { + public const NAME = 'base'; + protected function foo(): void {} } @@ -63,6 +65,10 @@ class Child extends Base { <simpara> On PHP versions where <classname>Override</classname> is not allowed on class constants, this does not produce a compile time error. + As of PHP 8.6.0, <classname>Override</classname> can target class constants, + and <literal>Child::NAME</literal> overrides <literal>Base::NAME</literal>, + <classname>DelayedTargetValidation</classname> is then no longer needed + here, and the reflection example below no longer throws for it. </simpara> </example>