Consider the following code:

<?php

class C extends B { }
class B extends A { }
class A { } 

?>

The code above produces a fatal error:
"Cannot inherit from undefined class b"

According to Jani (quote from bug #13165),
"Classes must be defined in order. They can 
be in different order if they are in same file 
though."

It seems to me that the order of class declarations
doesn't matter as long as they are in the same
file AND there are only two levels of inheritance
(child extends parent). In this example, there are 
three levels of inheritance (child extends parent
extends superclass) and in this case, the order 
of class definitions DOES matter.

I realize there is a simple workaround by
changing the order of these class declarations.

This is just fine in simple cases like above 
but in a very complex class hierarchy this is 
a real problem.

Tested on:
- 4.1.2 (installed as apache module, SunOS 5.8, 
	Apache 1.3.26)
- 4.2.3 (installed as apache module, Red Hat 7.1, 
	Apache 1.3.22)
- 4.3.0 alpha2 (ZE 2? installed as apache module, 
	Red Hat 7.1, Apache 1.3.22)