Re: Declaration of Bar::__construct() must be compatible with that of Foo::__construct()

From: Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:44:01 +0000
Subject: Re: Declaration of Bar::__construct() must be compatible with that of Foo::__construct()
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Hello Timm, i had the same expirience today too. And also for me it makes not much sense. The constructor shouldn't check inheritance rules. And as a consequence maybe interfaces shouldn't allow constructors. marcus Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 11:36:57 PM, you wrote: > thekid@friebes:~/devel/php/tests > cat inheritance.php > <?php > class Foo { > function __construct($foo) { > } > } > class Bar extends Foo { > function __construct($foo, $bar) { > // Add = NULL after $bar to make it work > } > } ?>> > thekid@friebes:~/devel/php/tests > php-dev inheritance.php > Fatal error: Declaration of Bar::__construct() must be compatible with > that of Foo::__construct() in > /usr/home/thekid/devel/php/tests/inheritance.php on line 10 > Is this really necessary? > - Timm -- Best regards, Marcus mailto:helly@php.net

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