1.2.141. Class Usage

List of classes in use in the code source.

<?php

// Class may be used in a use expression
use MyClass as MyAliasedClass;

// class may be aliased with class_alias
class_alias('MyOtherAliasedClass', 'MyClass');

// Class may be instanciated
$o = new MyClass();

// Class may be used with instanceof
var_dump($o instanceof \MyClass);

// Class may be used in static calls
MyClass::aConstant;
echo MyClass::$aProperty;
echo MyClass::aMethod( $o );

// Class may be extended
class MyOtherClass {

}

class MyClass extends MyOtherClass {
    const aConstant = 1;

    public static $aProperty = 2;

    // also used as a typehint
    public static function aMethod(MyClass $object) {
        return __METHOD__;
    }
}

?>

1.2.141.1. Specs

Short name	Classes/ClassUsage
Rulesets	All
Exakat since	0.8.4
PHP Version	All
Severity
Time To Fix
Precision	Very high
Features	class
Available in	Entreprise Edition, Exakat Cloud