[PHP-DEV] Required __construct call in SplFileObject

2012-12-05 Thread Christoph Rosse
Hi, I'm just curious is there a reason why SplFileObject requires a call to parent::__construct() if I override the class? Someone on my twitter feed mentioned it because he tried to create a Mock-Object. The following code gives me: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'LogicException' with

Re: [PHP-DEV] Required __construct call in SplFileObject

2012-12-05 Thread Paul Dragoonis
The way this class is designed, it needs to take the file name via the constructor as an initiation point. if you try to call a method of this class without initiation occurring it will throw an exception. this is why you must instantiate the SplFileObject's __construct() method to start the

Re: [PHP-DEV] Required __construct call in SplFileObject

2012-12-05 Thread Christoph Rosse
Maybe this should be mentioned in the docs. I know how to use http://edit.php.net but where do I put this kind of information? In the __construct method documentation http://php.net/manual/en/splfileobject.construct.php or somewhere else? On 12/05/2012 03:46 PM, Paul Dragoonis wrote: The way

Re: [PHP-DEV] Required __construct call in SplFileObject

2012-12-05 Thread Paul Dragoonis
You could put it either inside introduction or just below it, in the 'info' style, just to inform people they must call parent::__construct() upon instantiation of their object in order to use this. On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Paul Dragoonis dragoo...@gmail.com wrote: The way this class is