[PHP-BUG] Req #51532 [NEW]: Cannot override SplFileObject::fscanf()

From:             
Operating system: MS Windows Vista
PHP version:      5.3.2
Package:          SPL related
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:Cannot override SplFileObject::fscanf()

Description:
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There seems to be a problem with overriding SPLFileObject::fscanf() method.
I'm not sure whether this is PHP language-related issue or issue with
method definition in SPLFileObject.

When you look at 'splfileobject.inc' file from PHP 5.3.2 source code you
can see that method definition is:

function fscanf($format /* , ... */)

so it seems logical to assume only one parameter in overridden method.

However, using Reflection API to get fscanf parameters:

$class = new ReflectionClass('SPLFileObject');
$method = $class->getMethod('fscanf');
$params = $method->getParameters();
foreach ($params as $p)
{
 echo $p->getName() . PHP_EOL;
}

Prints out:

format
...

Yes - '...' is literally printed out.

So it leaves me puzzled - either I am missing something very obvious or
fscanf is handling variable-length method arguments in some non-standard
way (like using func_get_args()).

All in all - overriding fscanf in a way like in specified example test
script results in strict standards notice.

Test script:
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class SomeOtherFileObject extends SPLFileObject {
  function fscanf($format) {
    echo 'my little dummy';
  }
}

$test = new SomeOtherFileObject('test.php');
$test->fscanf('%s');

Expected result:
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The fscanf method is overridden without PHP notices, warnings and errors.

Actual result:
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Strict standards: Declaration of SomeOtherFileObject::fscanf() should be
compatible with that of SplFileObject::fscanf()

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