note 52531 added to language.oop5.interfaces

The statement, that you have to implement _all_ methods of an interface has not to be taken that seriously, at least if you declare an abstract class and want to force the inheriting subclasses to implement the interface. Just leave out all methods that should be implemented by the subclasses. But never write something like this: <?php interface Foo { function bar(); } abstract class FooBar implements Foo { abstract function bar(); // just for making clear, that this // method has to be implemented } ?> This will end up with the following error-message: Fatal error: Can't inherit abstract function Foo::bar() (previously declared abstract in FooBar) in path/to/file on line anylinenumber ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.interfaces.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52531 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52531&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52531&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52531&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52531&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52531&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52531&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php