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Posted by Sergio Gorelyshev on 01/21/05 13:41
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:56:55 +0100
Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote:
> Tbird switched the reply and reply-all buttons again ;-)...
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> > ?>
> > IMHO its normally to use access type for methods declaration in interfaces. Why not?
> > Maybe my first example was not sufficiently illustrative. But my question was "why it does not work in one environment and work fine in another".
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> it worked for a while because it was originally overlooked, then they
> 'fixed' it. -- you may not agree with the devs.
>
> > The problem has acquired when i try to add "static" in my interface definition. I don't think that this is a bug in PHP.
> > I just want to be deep insight in OOP of PHP5 engine.
> >
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> your right, its not a bug - although some have argued that its Sucks(tm).
>
> in short it was decided by the devs that interfaces are not meant for
> static classes, they only apply to objects - which is why 'static' is
> not (no longer) allowed on interface methods. if you want to know more
> then digging into the php internals mailing list archives will give you
> long discussions and justifications as to why it works they way it does.
>
> if you think about it you can see where they are coming from: passing
> around classes (i.e. classNames) and then checking whether said class
> implements something is really odd, instead you pass around objects.
>
> or more simply:
>
> class == blueprint
> object == house
>
> you can interface with a house (lets hope your house IMPLEMENTS a door
> interface!) but you can't interface with a blueprint (possibly with the
> piece of paper it may be printed on but not with the actual blueprint)
> because the blueprint is an idea/concept.
>
> hope that helps you to understand the rationale.
Thanks. This really helped me to understand php developer's way of thinking.
> rgds,
> JOchem
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