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Bug #40112 Cannot create class method named include/require
Submitted: 2007-01-12 17:12 UTC Modified: 2007-01-12 17:20 UTC
From: jjohnston at mailwise dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 4.4.4 OS: SuSE Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-01-12 17:12 UTC] jjohnston at mailwise dot com
Description:
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The php parsing engine will not allow class methods that are named include/require/include_once/require_once. While I understand why you cannot create functions with these names, $object->include() or CLASS::include() in no way conflicts with include().

Is there a reason for this or is it an oversight in the parser?


Reproduce code:
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<?php
class MW
{
	function require_once($file)
	{

	}
}
?>

Expected result:
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No parse error =)

Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_REQUIRE_ONCE, expecting T_STRING in .....

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 [2007-01-12 17:20 UTC] iliaa@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

Because require is a reserved keyword.
 
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