ID:               39127
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Status:           Assigned
 Bug Type:         Scripting Engine problem
 Operating System: Irrelevant
 PHP Version:      5.2.0RC5
 Assigned To:      tony2001
 New Comment:

in that case, should parent::__construct() also be callable ? 


Previous Comments:
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[2006-10-12 13:10:08] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Dmitry added a valid point that someone might be relying on the code
below to work:
class a { function a() { var_dump("a::a()");} }
class b extends a {}
class c extends b { 
function C() {
  B::b(); //or parent::b();
  /* ... */
}
}

This made me think that B::b() should be still callable statically (and
be an alias for A::a()), since it's used as constructor.
Updated version of the patch is here:
http://tony2001.phpclub.net/dev/tmp/bug39127_1.diff

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[2006-10-12 08:01:38] judas dot iscariote at gmail dot com

This is indeed a misbehaviuor, in whatever case you decide to fix or
not, it must be added to the docs.

"For backwards compatibility, if PHP 5 cannot find a __construct()
function for a given class, it will **search** for the old-style
constructor function, by the name of the class."

docs does not say it will magically add a method named as the **child**
class **to** the child class...

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[2006-10-11 19:00:45] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

>From what I see, the following happens:
1) class_entry of "A" uses method a() as constructor;
2) class "B" doesn't have a constructor; 
3) do_inherit_parent_constructor() looks for "__construct" in "A"; 
4) there is no "__construct" in "A"; 
5) named constructor a() is added to "B" as b().

5) seems to be wrong to me, here is the patch:
http://tony2001.phpclub.net/dev/tmp/bug39127.diff

With the patch method a() is still callable and used as constructor in
"B", but there would be no method b().

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[2006-10-11 18:59:29] [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

see above

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[2006-10-11 18:59:09] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

expected behavior, b inherits a's constuctor and a::__construct
obviously does not exist

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