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Doc Bug #20531 Object property association broken
Submitted: 2002-11-20 21:50 UTC Modified: 2004-02-18 00:34 UTC
Votes:4
Avg. Score:3.5 ± 0.5
Reproduced:4 of 4 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (25.0%)
Same OS:1 (25.0%)
From: tim dot lokot at printsoft dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.2.3 OS: Win NT 4 Server
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-11-20 21:50 UTC] tim dot lokot at printsoft dot com
The following example doesn't work, but is listed in the documentation as being valid:

<?php
class DateTime {
  
  function DateTime() {
      // empty constructor
  }

  function now() {
      return date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
  }
}

class Report {
  var $_dt = new DateTime();
  // more properties ...

  function Report() {
      // initialization code ...
  }

  function generateReport() {
      $dateTime = $_dt->now();
      // more code ...
  }

  // more methods ...
}

$rep = new Report(); 
?>

This returns the error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_NEW in test.php on line 14


I have tried this with other classes and basically it seems that you cannot default a class property to an instatiated class unless through the constructor.  This is contrary to the documentation.

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 [2002-11-21 00:39 UTC] derick@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

Read the note under the caution block:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php#keyword.class
 [2002-11-21 16:17 UTC] tim dot lokot at printsoft dot com
Fair enough, the docs at the url you supplied then contradict the docs at this url:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.objaggregation.php

You will find that the example I supplied came direct from your online manual.

I know it says its experimental, but I thought we were supposed to report these types of inconsistencies and errors so that the experimental extensions can move to stable versions.
 [2003-02-21 07:37 UTC] cynic@php.net
this is a docuprob, as the aggregate page has an example that's illegal in PHP.
 [2004-02-18 00:34 UTC] irchtml@php.net
This bug was fixed with revision 1.10 of objaggregation/reference.xml on 12/11/2003.

Status -> Closed
 
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