> > Hi Marcus! > > I wondered, why PHP complains, if you have an array type hint > in a method prototype and provide an object to this method, > that implements the SPL interfaces to use objects as arrays. > I would expect that, if an object can be handled exactly like > an array, PHP should not complain, since the implementation > of the method would not notice the difference. > Or am I wrong?
But the method may use an array_*() function, which would cause problems if they're handed an ArrayAccess implementation. So there is a difference. Jared -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
