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Bug #81497 Multiple traits can not be aliased since PHP 8.0
Submitted: 2021-10-03 13:00 UTC Modified: 2021-10-03 14:23 UTC
From: michael dot vorisek at email dot cz Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 8.0.11 OS: any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2021-10-03 13:00 UTC] michael dot vorisek at email dot cz 
Description:
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demo https://3v4l.org/eT0Aj (same as test case below)

Test script:
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<?php

trait ATrait {
    public function __isset(string $name): bool
    {
        return false;
    }
}

trait BTrait {
    public function __isset(string $name): bool
    {
        return false;
    }
}

class Model
{
    use ATrait {
        __isset as private __a_isset;
    }
    use BTrait {
        __isset as private __b_isset;
    }
    
    public function __isset(string $name): bool
    {
        return false;
    }
}

Expected result:
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no fatal error

Actual result:
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Fatal error: An alias was defined for method __isset(), which exists in both ATrait and BTrait. Use ATrait::__isset or BTrait::__isset to resolve the ambiguity in /in/eT0Aj on line 17

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 [2021-10-03 13:17 UTC] michael dot vorisek at email dot cz 
even one intermediate trait with alias is not enough https://3v4l.org/8gZrO

the only supported solution for PHP 8.0 is to alias all traits inside a separate traits https://3v4l.org/hmnWC

all 3 test cases should be supported
 [2021-10-03 14:04 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2021-10-03 14:04 UTC] nikic@php.net 
The error message literally tells you what you need to do: https://3v4l.org/lEgvo
 [2021-10-03 14:10 UTC] michael dot vorisek at email dot cz 
another failing test case https://3v4l.org/cUp5N
 [2021-10-03 14:15 UTC] michael dot vorisek at email dot cz 
> The error message literally tells you what you need to do: https://3v4l.org/lEgvo

Thanks a lot!, why a trait name needs to be specified for the alias? I mean what is the logic behind, which ambiguity it solves?
 [2021-10-03 14:23 UTC] nikic@php.net 
Trait use blocks are meaningless.

    use ATrait {
        __isset as private __a_isset;
    }
    use BTrait {
        __isset as private __b_isset;
    }

is equivalent to

    use ATrait, BTrait {
        __isset as private __a_isset;
        __isset as private __b_isset;
    }

which is more obviously ambiguous. While your code was accepted prior to PHP 8, it did not actually do what you intended (it would create two aliases to ATrait::__isset instead.)
 
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