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Request #51532 Cannot override SplFileObject::fscanf()
Submitted: 2010-04-11 15:14 UTC Modified: 2010-04-25 07:19 UTC
From: mi dot olszewski at gmail dot com Assigned: colder (profile)
Status: Closed Package: SPL related
PHP Version: 5.3.2 OS: MS Windows Vista
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2010-04-11 15:14 UTC] mi dot olszewski at gmail dot com
Description:
------------
There seems to be a problem with overriding SPLFileObject::fscanf() method. I'm not sure whether this is PHP language-related issue or issue with method definition in SPLFileObject.

When you look at 'splfileobject.inc' file from PHP 5.3.2 source code you can see that method definition is:

function fscanf($format /* , ... */)

so it seems logical to assume only one parameter in overridden method.

However, using Reflection API to get fscanf parameters:

$class = new ReflectionClass('SPLFileObject');
$method = $class->getMethod('fscanf');
$params = $method->getParameters();
foreach ($params as $p)
{
 echo $p->getName() . PHP_EOL;
}

Prints out:

format
...

Yes - '...' is literally printed out.

So it leaves me puzzled - either I am missing something very obvious or fscanf is handling variable-length method arguments in some non-standard way (like using func_get_args()).

All in all - overriding fscanf in a way like in specified example test script results in strict standards notice.

Test script:
---------------
class SomeOtherFileObject extends SPLFileObject {
  function fscanf($format) {
    echo 'my little dummy';
  }
}

$test = new SomeOtherFileObject('test.php');
$test->fscanf('%s');

Expected result:
----------------
The fscanf method is overridden without PHP notices, warnings and errors.

Actual result:
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Strict standards: Declaration of SomeOtherFileObject::fscanf() should be compatible with that of SplFileObject::fscanf()

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 [2010-04-25 07:18 UTC] colder@php.net
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of colder
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=298475
Log: Fix #51532 (Invalid prototype for SplFileInfo::fscanf)
 [2010-04-25 07:19 UTC] colder@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: colder
 [2010-04-25 07:19 UTC] colder@php.net
This bug has been fixed in SVN.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
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http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.


 [2010-04-27 07:03 UTC] colder@php.net
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of colder
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=298635
Log: Merge fix for #51532
 
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