PHP5: Class behavior: method overloading

From: Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:50:13 +0000
Subject: PHP5: Class behavior: method overloading
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Hello, in the latest snapshot i found some very important differences to the php5 beta 4 version concerning the behavior of inherited classes. please look at the following example: <pre> <?php         class MyClass extends MyParent{                          function test($arg) {                                  }         }                         class MyParent {                 function test($arg1, $arg2) {                                  }         }                  $obj = new MyClass(); ?> </pre> the output is: Fatal error:  Declaration of MyClass::test() must be compatible with that of MyParent::test() in ... on line 3 I think that this is a nice feature in the face of "compatibility", but may cause in a complete restructure of existing class trees. The consequence is a bad :( backward compatibility!! Personally I think it would be a good solution to set an option in the configuration or something like this. other oppinions would be appreciated. thanks, vivi

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