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ID: 61275 User updated by: php at mralston dot com Reported by: php at mralston dot com Summary: Cannot have class method with same name as language construct Status: Open Type: Bug -Package: Compile Failure +Package: Class/Object related Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5.4.0 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Changed package field from 'Compile Failure' to 'Class/Object related', as 'Compile Failure' is probably intended to relate to problems compiling PHP itself, rather than PHP scripts. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-04 17:52:53] php at mralston dot com Description: ------------ It isn't possible to have a class method whose name is the same as any of the language constructs, e.g. array(), doing so creates a parse error as follows: PHP Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' in - on line 8 The error message is somewhat cryptic and confusing when it affects code which looks otherwise perfectly valid. This perhaps isn't a big deal for most people as the work around is to rename your method. It is a problem when using a different name for the method is undesirable (e.g. I'm creating a framework in PHP which emulates that from a different programming language, so ideally the method names should be the same). Test script: --------------- <?php $test=new testClass(); $test->array(); class testClass { public function array() { echo("testClass::array() called."); } } ?> Expected result: ---------------- testClass::array() called. Actual result: -------------- PHP Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' in - on line 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61275&edit=1