Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60302&edit=1
ID: 60302 Updated by: der...@php.net Reported by: kontakt at beberlei dot de Summary: DateTime::createFromFormat should new static(), not new self() -Status: Open +Status: Assigned Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Date/time related PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: derick Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Had a quick look at this, but it wasn't as simple as I thought. Needs some more investigation. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-11-14 20:00:54] kontakt at beberlei dot de Description: ------------ I want to extend DateTime, but without DateTime::createFromFormat, actually creating instances from my class, i.e. "MyDateTime::createFromFormat" this is rather problematic. Test script: --------------- <?php class MyDateTime extends DateTime { } $d = MyDateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2011-01-01'); echo get_class($d); Expected result: ---------------- MyDateTime Actual result: -------------- DateTime ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60302&edit=1