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Bug #71909 wrong error for SplFixedArray
Submitted: 2016-03-28 14:13 UTC Modified: 2020-06-25 08:04 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:2.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: public at grik dot net Assigned: nikic (profile)
Status: Closed Package: SPL related
PHP Version: 7.0.4 OS: MacOS
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2016-03-28 14:13 UTC] public at grik dot net 
Description:
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When extending the SplFixedArray overriding fromArray() method, PHP shows incorrect error text.

The correct interface of a fromArray method is
   public static function fromArray($array, $save_indexes = true)
without array typehint.

Test script:
---------------
class Collection extends \SplFixedArray
{
    public static function fromArray(array $array, $save_indexes = true) {
    }
}

Collection::fromArray([]);


Expected result:
----------------
no error

Actual result:
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Warning: Declaration of Collection::fromArray(array $array, $save_indexes = true) should be compatible with SplFixedArray::fromArray($data, $save_indexes = NULL) in test.php on line 12

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 [2016-03-29 10:22 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified -Assigned To: +Assigned To: krakjoe
 [2016-03-29 10:23 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Assigned To: krakjoe +Assigned To:
 [2016-03-29 10:28 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Open -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem
 [2016-03-29 10:28 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
The documentation and declarations do not match.
 [2016-03-29 10:29 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Summary: wrong error for SplFixedArray +Summary: Incorrect Documentation for SplFixedArray::fromArray
 [2016-03-29 11:08 UTC] dmitry@php.net 
I'm not sure if this is a documentation problem for this function.
It's an inconsistent documentation for most internal functions.

Especially in this case, we expect "array" as first argument, but we don't have "array" type hint.
 [2016-03-29 12:59 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
Agree, it's a general problem with internal functions, and their documentation.

I don't see that it can be solved by changing the arginfo though, that would surely break too much code, wouldn't it ?

The only thing we can do in this, and similar cases, is update the documentation to reflect the truth about the prototype, I think.
 [2016-03-29 13:07 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
Another problem with internal functions, is default values for arguments.

I don't know how to fix it ...
 [2018-06-16 17:13 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Summary: Incorrect Documentation for SplFixedArray::fromArray +Summary: wrong error for SplFixedArray -Status: Open +Status: Verified -Type: Documentation Problem +Type: Bug
 [2018-06-16 17:13 UTC] cmb@php.net 
This is not really a documentation issue, since
SplFixedArray::fromArray() indeed expects an array as first
argument[1].  The actual problem is that the arginfo is not yet
specific enough to reflect this[2].  As of PHP 7.0.0 a more
elaborate API is available[3], but it has been missed to apply it,
and for BC reasons we can't fix this for *methods* in a minor
release, so it'll have to wait for PHP 8.  In my opinion, it would
be okay to improve the arginfo for *functions* for PHP 7.3,
though.

> Another problem with internal functions, is default values for
> arguments.

It seems to me that we should be able to add this information to
the arginfo.

[1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/f2b4ec4bdc595773fb49b7d6ae8942c61f436288/ext/spl/spl_fixedarray.c#L675>
[2] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/f2b4ec4bdc595773fb49b7d6ae8942c61f436288/ext/spl/spl_fixedarray.c#L1045>
[3] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.0.0/Zend/zend_API.h#L104-L108>
 [2018-06-16 17:34 UTC] nikic@php.net 
@cmb: I believe since PHP 7.2 we can add type hints, as they may now be dropped in child classes.

However we should not start doing this across the board until such a time as types are no longer checked for internal functions. Otherwise we'll be duplicating type-checks that zpp already performs.
 [2019-12-06 14:55 UTC] nikic@php.net 
This should get fixed in PHP 8, as soon as stubs for SplFixedArray are added.
 [2020-06-25 08:04 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: nikic
 [2020-06-25 08:04 UTC] nikic@php.net 
Fixed in PHP 8.
 
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