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Bug #55246 instanceof does not complain even if class is never defined
Submitted: 2011-07-20 04:31 UTC Modified: 2011-07-20 05:01 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 1.0
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (50.0%)
Same OS:2 (100.0%)
From: x11 at arturaz dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Compile Failure
PHP Version: 5.3.6 OS: Ubuntu Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2011-07-20 04:31 UTC] x11 at arturaz dot net
Description:
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PHP does not complain if you check for non-existant class with instanceof.

This provides space for subtle errors, like checking for DateRange when only Date_Range class is defined.

Test script:
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<?php
echo PHP_VERSION . "\n";
error_reporting(E_ALL);
class Foo {}
$a = new Foo;
// Notice that Bar class is never defined, however PHP does not complain about missing class.
if ($a instanceof Bar) { echo "Should be an error\n"; }
else { echo "PHP fail\n"; }

Expected result:
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Compiler error thrown saying that Bar was not found.

Actual result:
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Nothing happens.

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 [2011-07-20 04:33 UTC] pajoye@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2011-07-20 04:33 UTC] pajoye@php.net
That's the exact idea of instanceof to test something without getting noises.
 [2011-07-20 04:34 UTC] x11 at arturaz dot net
How it's possibly useful to test if object is an instance of class which is not even defined?
 [2011-07-20 04:55 UTC] pajoye@php.net
Think of autoloader, or other related tests. A warning or error here is not 
welcome.
 [2011-07-20 05:01 UTC] x11 at arturaz dot net
Yeah, autoloader should try to load the class and then, if unsuccessful - fail.

Seriously. I know that it's cool to have funny glitches in PHP like FOO reverting to 'FOO' if it's undefined, but this?
 [2014-07-04 09:02 UTC] bugs dot php dot net at chsc dot dk
It would be useful with a switch that makes this trigger a notice/warning in non-production environments, though.
 
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