Re: E_STRICT on inheritance + method parameter defaults?

Hello Christian, Wednesday, September 21, 2005, 10:37:01 PM, you wrote: > Marcus Boerger wrote: >> marcus@zaphod /usr/src/PHP_5_1 $ php -r 'class T{function f($x){}} class U extends >> T{function f($x=2){}}' >> make: `sapi/cli/php' is up to date. >> >> Strict Standards: Declaration of U::f() should be compatible with that of T::f() in Command >> line code on line 1 >> marcus@zaphod /usr/src/PHP_5_1 $ php -r 'class T{function f($x=1){}} class U extends >> T{function f($x=2){}}' >> make: `sapi/cli/php' is up to date. >> >> The above shows php is correct here. > In my opinion Sean didn't ask whether PHP behaves that way but _why_. The above example show that adding a default result value in a derived class results in an incompatible signature while changing it works as expected. Best regards, Marcus