note 97037 added to functions.arguments

Nothing was written here about argument types as part of the function definition. When working with classes, the class name can be used as argument type. This acts as a reminder to the user of the class, as well as a prototype for php control. (At least in php 5 -- did not check 4). <?php class foo { public $data; public function __construct($dd) { $this->data = $dd; } }; class test { public $bar; public function __construct(foo $arg) // Strict typing for argument { $this->bar = $arg; } public function dump() { echo $this->bar->data . "\n"; } }; $A = new foo(25); $Test1 = new test($A); $Test1->dump(); $Test2 = new test(10); // wrong argument for testing ?> outputs: 25 PHP Fatal error: Argument 1 passed to test::__construct() must be an object of class foo, called in testArgType.php on line 27 and defined in testArgType.php on line 13 ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 64.157.94.60 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/97037 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97037/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97037/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97037/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97037/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97037/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97037/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97037 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/97037 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php