#42520 [NEW]: Type hinting: function still gets called if type mismatch occurs

From: konstantin at boyandin dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Type hinting: function still gets called if type mismatch occurs Description: ------------ Function with type hinting is executed nonetheless, even if type mismatch exception occurs. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $a = new B(); test($a); class A { public $name = 'A'; public function show() { print($this->name); } } class B { public $name = 'B'; public function show() { print($this->name); } } function test(A $obj) { $obj->show(); } ?> Expected result: ---------------- Fatal error, nothing displayed 9save error info if output to the browsers) Actual result: -------------- Function is called as if required type was correct *and* fatal error is generated. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42520&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42520&r=mysqlcfg