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Fatal error during autoloading of complex inheritance chain with LSP checks since PHP 8.1.0 #20112

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@janedbal

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The following code:

<?php $depth = 0; spl_autoload_register(function ($class) use (&$depth) { $depth++; $indent = str_repeat('| ', $depth); echo $indent."$depth: $class\n"; if ($class == 'IFace') { interface IFace {} } elseif ($class == 'IFaceImplementor') { class IFaceImplementor implements IFace {} } elseif ($class == 'InterfaceOfMainParent') { interface InterfaceOfMainParent { public function methodForSecondaryLspCheck(): IFace; } } elseif ($class == 'MainParent') { abstract class MainParent implements InterfaceOfMainParent { public function methodForSecondaryLspCheck(): IFaceImplementor {} } } elseif ($class == 'Intermediate') { abstract class Intermediate extends MainParent {} } elseif ($class == 'Child1') { class Child1 extends Intermediate {} } elseif ($class == 'Child2') { class Child2 extends Intermediate {} } elseif ($class == 'EntrypointParent') { abstract class EntrypointParent { abstract public function methodForLspCheck1(): MainParent; abstract public function methodForLspCheck2(): MainParent; } } elseif ($class == 'Entrypoint') { class Entrypoint extends EntrypointParent { public function methodForLspCheck1(): Child1 {} public function methodForLspCheck2(): Child2 {} } } $depth--; }); class_exists(Entrypoint::class);

Resulted in this output:

| 1: Entrypoint | | 2: EntrypointParent | | 2: Child1 | | | 3: Intermediate | | | | 4: MainParent | | | | | 5: InterfaceOfMainParent | | | | | 5: Child2 Fatal error: During inheritance of MainParent, while autoloading Child2: Uncaught Error: Class "Intermediate" not found in php-wasm run script:29 Stack trace: #0 php-wasm run script(20): {closure}('Child2') #1 php-wasm run script(25): {closure}('MainParent') #2 php-wasm run script(27): {closure}('Intermediate') #3 php-wasm run script(37): {closure}('Child1') #4 [internal function]: {closure}('Entrypoint') #5 php-wasm run script(47): class_exists('Entrypoint') #6 {main} in php-wasm run script on line 20 

But I expected this output instead:

| 1: Entrypoint | | 2: EntrypointParent | | 2: Child1 | | | 3: Intermediate | | | | 4: MainParent | | | | | 5: InterfaceOfMainParent | | | | | 5: IFaceImplementor | | | | | | 6: IFace | | 2: Child2 

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PHP 8.5.0RC1 (cli) (built: Oct 8 2025 22:41:41) (NTS) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Built by https://github.com/docker-library/php Zend Engine v4.5.0RC1, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v8.5.0RC1, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies 

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