[PHP-DOC] #20531 [Opn]: Object property association broken From: cynic <email protected>
Date: 02/21/03

 ID: 20531
 Updated by: cynic <email protected>
 Reported By: tim dot lokot at printsoft dot com
 Status: Open
-Bug Type: Class/Object related
+Bug Type: Documentation problem
 Operating System: Win NT 4 Server
 PHP Version: 4.2.3
 New Comment:

this is a docuprob, as the aggregate page has an example that's illegal
in PHP.

Previous Comments:
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[2002-11-21 16:17:26] tim dot lokot at printsoft dot com

Fair enough, the docs at the url you supplied then contradict the docs
at this url:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.objaggregation.php

You will find that the example I supplied came direct from your online
manual.

I know it says its experimental, but I thought we were supposed to
report these types of inconsistencies and errors so that the
experimental extensions can move to stable versions.

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[2002-11-21 00:39:39] derick <email protected>

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

Read the note under the caution block:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php#keyword.class

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[2002-11-20 21:50:04] tim dot lokot at printsoft dot com

The following example doesn't work, but is listed in the documentation
as being valid:

<?php
class DateTime {
  
  function DateTime() {
      // empty constructor
  }

  function now() {
      return date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
  }
}

class Report {
  var $_dt = new DateTime();
  // more properties ...

  function Report() {
      // initialization code ...
  }

  function generateReport() {
      $dateTime = $_dt->now();
      // more code ...
  }

  // more methods ...
}

$rep = new Report();
?>

This returns the error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_NEW in test.php on line 14

I have tried this with other classes and basically it seems that you
cannot default a class property to an instatiated class unless through
the constructor. This is contrary to the documentation.

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