Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61526&edit=1
ID: 61526
Updated by: yohg...@php.net
Reported by: gtisza at gmail dot com
Summary: is_subclass_of(string, string, false) always returns
false
Status: Open
Type: Bug
Package: Class/Object related
Operating System: Debian
PHP Version: 5.3.10
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
The same behavior in PHP 5.4.1RC.
Is this a doc problem or bug in PHP?
>From http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-subclass-of.php
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allow_string
Whether to call autoloader if the class doesn't exist.
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5.3.9 Added allow_string parameter
5.0.3 You may also specify the object parameter as a string (the name of the
class)
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I'm not sure, but is this a bug introduced by is_a() fix?
I didn't follow the discussion, so I hope someone could address this issue.
BTW, correct PoC would be following code.
<?php
class Super {}
class Sub extends Super {}
var_dump(is_subclass_of('Sub', 'Super')); // true
var_dump(is_subclass_of('Sub', 'Super', true)); // true
var_dump(is_subclass_of('Sub', 'Super', false)); // false
?>
Previous Comments:
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[2012-03-27 09:46:04] gtisza at gmail dot com
Description:
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According to the documentation (
http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-subclass-of.php ) the third parameter of
is_subclass_of decides "Whether to call autoloader if the class doesn't exist."
That means that is_subclass_of('class1', 'class2', false) should
- return true if class1 is loaded and a subclass of class2
- return false if class1 is loaded but not a subclass of class2
- return false if class1 is not loaded
What actually happens is that it always returns false, no matter what. The
naming of the parameter - "$allow_string" - suggests this is somewhat
intentional, but it is a completely unintuitive and unhelpful behavior, which
makes the option completely useless: is_subclass_of with $allow_string set to
false becomes worthless if the first argument is a string, and if it is an
object, the third parameter is pointless again as the class must have been
loaded already.
Test script:
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class Super {}
class Sub extends Super {}
var_dump(is_subclass_of('Sub', 'Super')); // true
var_dump(is_subclass_of('Sub', 'Super'), false); // should be true but false
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