It is okay to implement \Countable in a PHP class that is not meant to be iterable?

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I have a MultipleException class that collects exceptions (e.g. multiple errors in form fields) and implements countable, but I don't want it to be iterable like a list, cause it is actually an exception (you would never throw a list).

Is this okay in terms of software design? Or am I misusing the SPL Countable interface?

Which is the right way?

Thanks

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '15 at 19:16

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It is okay.

Countable is there so that any of your classes can customise the value returned from calling count() with an instance. It is completely separate from a class being iterable.

answered Jun 26 '15 at 19:16

salathe

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It is okay to implement \Countable in a PHP class that is not meant to be iterable?

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