Implementing interface issue

Question

I have a type hint in the constructor but for some reason I get

Catchable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to Log::__construct() must be an instance of TestInterface, instance of Log\Handler given, called in

TestInterface.php

namespace Log;  
    interface TestInterface
    {
      public function log();
    }

Handler.php

namespace Log;

require_once 'TestInterface.php';

use Log\TestInterface;

    class Handler implements TestInterface 
    {
      public function log() 
      {
        //some logic goes here 
      }
    }

Log.php

require_once 'Handler.php';

use Log\Handler;
class Log 
{
  public function __construct(TestInterface $handler)
  {
    $handler->log('test');
  }
}

$obj = new Log(new Handler());

So why do I get this error? I thought that when I implement the TestInterface the instance of Handler class will be passed through the Log constructor.

danronmoon · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-14 14:25:50Z

2

You have to add use Log\TestInterface; to the top of Log.php, because TestInterface is undefined in the global namespace. What you got back was not a helpful error message at all, but this should do it:

require_once 'Handler.php';

use Log\Handler;
use Log\TestInterface;

class Log 
{
  public function __construct(TestInterface $handler)
  {
    $handler->log('test');
  }
}

$obj = new Log(new Handler());

answered Aug 14, 2014 at 14:25

danronmoon

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MZON Over a year ago

Thanks! This did the job. Is there an another solution of the problem?

danronmoon Over a year ago

@MZON I truly don't think so, but I'm here to learn as well and am open to ideas :). The problem would've been clearer if it said 'TestInterface is not defined' instead of how it's currently described as 'Argument 1 must be an instance of a class/interface that doesn't exist'

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