Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62858&edit=1
ID: 62858
Updated by: larue...@php.net
Reported by: michaelduff at yahoo dot com
Summary: Please remove 'final' restriction on
SimpleXMLElement::__construct
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: SimpleXML related
PHP Version: 5.4.6
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
there must be some reason for the author mark the constructor as final, like
some
work must be done before any user access to it.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-08-18 19:36:50] michaelduff at yahoo dot com
Description:
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The __construct() method on SimpleXMLElement is marked 'final', which prevents
extension of the class for, say, XML-format-specific objects which augment
otherwise empty incoming XML data.
The current workaround is to use __get and __set and company (which
unfortunately means <?= $obj instanceof SimpleXMLElement ?> fails), and which
is much slower -- or to use a static factory method which forces some XML in
there (which is syntactically ugly imo.)
Not to shoot my request in the foot, but I forsee possible issues with these
functions:
- simplexml_import_dom ( $node [, $class_name ] )
- simplexml_load_file ( string $filename [, string $class_name ] ... )
- simplexml_load_string ( string $data [, string $class_name ] ... )
However, perhaps it would suffice to require 'a compatible function signature'
rather than to mark it final?
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