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Bug #46502 Instanciate class that inherits from an abstract one
Submitted: 2008-11-06 12:49 UTC Modified: 2008-11-06 13:22 UTC
From: frajper at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Compile Failure
PHP Version: 5.2CVS-2008-11-06 (snap) OS: RHEL 4
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-11-06 12:49 UTC] frajper at gmail dot com 
Description:
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In the same file, you cannot instanciate an object of a child-class that extends an abstract one before the child-class has been defined.

// The following code does not work //

$s = new Son ();

abstract class Bird {}

class Father extends Dove {}

Reproduce code:
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Fatal error: Class 'Import_ald' not found in /home/enric00/no_public/import/Import_ald.php on line 7


Expected result:
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Normal execution

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 [2008-11-06 12:59 UTC] johannes@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

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 [2008-11-06 13:20 UTC] frajper at gmail dot com 
Excuse me, but I did a mistake while writing the report. The correct one is as follows:

// The following code does not work //

$s = new Dove();

abstract class Bird {}

class Father extends Dove {}
 [2008-11-06 13:22 UTC] frajper at gmail dot com 
Excuse me again,

this is the goog one. (Sorry)

// The following code does not work //

$s = new Dove();

abstract class Bird {}

class Dove extends Bird{}
 
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