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Bug #44021 is_subclass_of Does Not Accept Namespaces
Submitted: 2008-02-02 02:01 UTC Modified: 2008-02-02 05:47 UTC
From: rpanning at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 5.3CVS-2008-02-02 (snap) OS: Windows XP SP2
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-02-02 02:01 UTC] rpanning at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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The is_subclass_of() function does not accept classes in namespaces. A warning is generated and the statement results as FALSE.

Also, in the example, if the namespace definition is removed it works.

Reproduce code:
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namespace NS;

class ParentClass {}
class ChildClass extends ParentClass {}

if (is_subclass_of('ChildClass', 'ParentClass')) {
	print 'Yes';
} else {
	print 'No';
}


Expected result:
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Yes

Actual result:
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Warning: Unknown class passed as parameter in C:\test.php on line 7
No

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 [2008-02-02 03:35 UTC] cellog@php.net 
<?php
namespace NS;

class ParentClass {}
class ChildClass extends ParentClass {}

if (is_subclass_of('NS::ChildClass', 'NS::ParentClass')) {
	print 'Yes';
} else {
	print 'No';
}
?>

Does the above code work for you?  If yes, please close this bug as bogus.

Automatic prefixing only occurs with absolute classnames, not compiled variables.  Imagine, for instance this code:

<?php
namespace Foo;
function testsit($cl)
{
    return is_subclass_of($cl, 'ParentClass');
}
?>

Now, if one calls this code from this file:

<?php
namespace Blah;
var_dump(testsit('ChildClass'));
?>

should it look for Blah::ChildClass, Foo::ChildClass, or ::ChildClass?  There is no deterministic way to answer this question.  Therefore fully qualified classnames must be used for anything that isn't a T_STRING.
 [2008-02-02 05:47 UTC] rpanning at hotmail dot com 
Alright, that does work and I did further testing and it seems to work. Unfortunately I deleted my original tests so I cannot determine what I was originally trying. Thanks
 
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