<?php
class X { public $mark; }
$a = new X(); $a->mark = "instance1"; # in background there is a new X instance now
$b = new X(); $b->mark = "instance2"; # and another
$c =& $a;
$a = $b;
echo $a->mark . "\n";
echo $b->mark . "\n";
echo $c->mark . "\n";
function fn(X $x) { echo "does type hinting work?\n"; }
fn($c);
instance2
instance2
instance2
does type hinting work?
Output for 4.4.2 - 4.4.9
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /in/5Eboe on line 3
Process exited with code 255.
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /in/5Eboe on line 3
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.3.2 - 4.3.4
Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or `T_FUNCTION' or `T_VAR' or `'}'' in /in/5Eboe on line 3
Process exited with code 255.