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

> are you kidding, right? var_dump('Foo' instanceof 'Bar'); //Fatal Error: instanceof expects an object instance, constant given On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Martin Scotta <martinscotta@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >