[PHP-DEV] RE: PHP 4.0 Bug #6418 Multiple class extends (or multiple inheritance with php) From: Nathan Cassano (nathan <email protected>)
Date: 08/31/00

ID: 6418
Updated by: stas
Reported By: nathan <email protected>
Status: Open
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Assigned To:
Comments:

> Yes, you cannot do this in PHP.

Well not by design but it does work.

> In fact, you even shouldn't try doing this - why would you need to define
class without knowing what it extends?

I know what it extends. As in the example I gave, class c inherits from the
hybrid class b.

> I move it to feature request in the meantime, in case something will
explain why this could be useful.

Well I don't know how linguistically correct the semantics are but what I
was trying the achieve was multiple inheritance with php. I am working on a
set of classes to process form data and with the associated data of the
given class provide specific data processing functions. When I first started
working on the project I started seeing a lot of function and member
replication within the classes so I decided to use more of an OO hierarchy.
I think his should be considered as a solution to php multiple inheritance.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=6418 

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