Description: ------------ __toString() is declared as abstract in HTML_Common2. Its declaration doesn't follow PHP5's own declaration and therefore limits its possibilities, for example accepting parameters. It is allowed by PHP5 to do __toString($param = null). Your declaration doesn't allow this. Is it possible to have __toString() removed from HTML_Common2 in order to implement renderers for HTML_QuickForm2. Thanks.

Most probably we won't need parameters for __toString() to implement QF2 renderers. Also having parameters for a method that usually does not accept those violates the principle of least surprise...

This is currently causing fatal errors when trying to run the pear wide test suite. You say: "Most probably we won't need parameters for __toString() to implement QF2 renderers." but the current CVS for HTML_Quickform2 it is: public function __toString(HTML_QuickForm2_Renderer $renderer) { $html[] = sprintf('<form%s>', $this->getAttributes(true) ); $html[] = parent::__toString($renderer); $html[] ='</form>'; return implode(self::getOption('linebeak'), $html); } ... so which is it?

Attached patch swaps us from a fatal error to a E_STRICT

Changed signature of HTML_QuickForm2::__toString(), no more E_FATAL.