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Bug #22503 classes have to be defined before they can be used
Submitted: 2003-03-02 05:07 UTC Modified: 2003-06-03 15:58 UTC
From: sander@php.net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5CVS-2003-03-02 (dev) OS: Debian Linux (unstable)
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-03-02 05:07 UTC] sander@php.net 
The following snippet works fine on ZE1, but gives "Fatal error: Class 'foo' not found" on ZE2. Classes apparently need to be defined before they can be used.

  $bar = new foo();
  class foo {}

Although it's easy to work around this problem, it breaks BC.

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 [2003-06-03 15:58 UTC] sterling@php.net 
yep, this is a known bc break.  its intentional, and here to stay.
 
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