note 107207 added to function.is-a

What a farce, I must say. :) PHP 5.3.9 adds an $allow_string parameter in order to handle strings being passed in, but controls the auto-loading behavior? Talk about confusing. Not sure if there's a committee discussing changes to core functions like this, but I feel that's a poor design. Don't get me wrong, I greatly appreciate the voluntary efforts of PHP developers, but this loosy-goosy approach to function prototypes is a recipe for disaster over the long term. ---- Server IP: 216.235.13.26 Probable Submitter: 65.110.28.50 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.is-a.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107207 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107207/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107207/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107207/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107207/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107207/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107207/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107207 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107207 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php