Re: Fix for #53727 (is_subclass_of resolution with interfaces)

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:22 PM, David Zülke > <david.zuelke@bitextender.com> wrote: > > On 29.06.2011, at 22:20, Paul Dragoonis wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Ralph Schindler <ralph@smashlabs.com> > wrote: > >>> Correct. > >>> > >>> I was hasty in that example, the first was copied & tested (and is > reflected > >>> in the test, as is that variation of what I wrote up.) > >>> > >>> Either way, test and patch work in 5_3. > >> > >> Doesn't this functionality confuse matters? > >> > >> If this patch is added, is there now no difference between instanceof > >> and is_subclass_of(). If this is the case my question is then why do > >> we have two methods to do the same thing? > >> > >> I thought instanceof was for parent classes + interfaces.. and > >> is_subclass_of() was just for parent classes. > > > > instanceof is a language construct and only operates on object instances. > > > > I didn't spot you could pass a string into is_subclass_of() I thought > it was only objects. With that in mind it would be good to have > subclass_of() include interfaces. > > are you kidding, right? $class = 'stdClass'; $instance = new $class; var_dump( $instance instanceof $class ); > > > David > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >