Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we
need a short but complete example script to be able to reproduce
this bug ourselves. 

A proper reproducing script starts with <?php and ends with ?>,
is max. 10-20 lines long and does not require any external 
resources such as databases, etc.

If possible, make the script source available online and provide
an URL to it here. Try to avoid embedding huge scripts into the report.

If you read carefully, then you'll find a link :

http://www.bbnwn.eu/works/stream-bugs.zip

This an archive file containing all the sources (eg: the test case for the bug), which when you call the file "bug.php" will show you an example of bug.

I can't provide it on the server, as a PHP file, as it is a php4 server (which does not support interface).

If you want a txt file with all the code inlined, then no : the bug is DUE to the presence of require_once. The sole thing I can do is to prepend the name of each file before, meaning you will have the create each file on your own, while they are in the archive file.

Please provide SHORT but COMPLETE reproduce script.
I don't think you need a bunch of files to get such a simple error message. I'm pretty sure it's possible to reproduce it with just a couple of classes in 10 lines.

# unzip stream-bugs.zip
Archive:  stream-bugs.zip
   creating: Stream/
  inflating: Stream/BarInputStream.php
  inflating: Stream/BarLoader.php
  inflating: Stream/BarStream.php
  inflating: Stream/bug.php
  inflating: Stream/FooInputStream.php
  inflating: Stream/FooLoader.php
  inflating: Stream/FooStream.php
  inflating: Stream/InputStream.php
  inflating: Stream/Loader.php
  inflating: Stream/Stream.php

I don't see any "bug.php" or anything else that could help first of all to understand what is the problem.

For the content of archive, you should look for Stream/bug.php.

For the number of files, no:

1. I tell you that a problem with require_once, hence, having all class and interface declared in the same file work as expected

2. I can go down to 4 files. Whose content is that (I'm not at home, today and tomorrow, so I can't send an archive file) : 

--- bug.php
<?php
abstract class Loader {
  protected abstract function loadFiles();
  protected abstract function doSomething();
  public final function load() {
    $this->loadFiles();
    $this->doSomething();
  }
}
class BarLoader extends Loader {
  protected function loadFiles() {require_once 'BarInputStream.php';}
  protected function doSomething() {
    $bar = new BarInputStream();
    $bar->seek(1);
  }
}
class FooLoader extends Loader {
  protected function loadFiles() {require_once 'FooInputStream.php';}
  protected function doSomething() {
    $foo = new FooInputStream();
  }
}
$b = new BarLoader();
$b->load();
$f = new FooLoader();
$f->load();
?>

--- InputStream.php
<?php
interface Stream {
  const SEEK_SET = SEEK_SET;
  const SEEK_CUR = SEEK_CUR;
  const SEEK_END = SEEK_END;
  
  public function seek($pos, $whence = Stream::SEEK_SET);
}
interface InputStream extends Stream {
  public function read(&$data);
}
?>
--- BarInputStream
<?php
require_once 'InputStream.php';
abstract class BarStream implements Stream {
  public function seek($pos, $whence = Stream::SEEK_SET) {
    echo __CLASS__, '->', __FUNCTION__, '()', "\n";
  }
}
class BarInputStream extends BarStream implements InputStream {
  public function read(&$data) {
    echo __CLASS__, '->', __FUNCTION__, '()', "\n";
  }
}
?>
--- FooInputStream
<?php
require_once 'InputStream.php';
abstract class FooStream implements Stream {
  public function seek($pos, $whence = Stream::SEEK_SET) {
    echo __CLASS__, '->', __FUNCTION__, '()', "\n";
  }
}
class FooInputStream extends FooStream implements InputStream {
  public function read(&$data) {
    echo __CLASS__, '->', __FUNCTION__, '()', "\n";
  }
}
?>
---END

I will add a short notice (if that serve): this will not happen if you don't call $bar->seek(1).

Note : that BarInputStream.php and FooInputStream.php.

Here is a zip file with less file (in fact, just 4) :

http://www.bbnwn.eu/works/stream-bugs-with-less-files.zip

Simply run php -f bug.php

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows (zip):
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip

For Windows (installer):

  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-installer-latest.msi

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".