XF 2.0 How to extend getNewContentState

[AndyB]

I extended XF\Entity\Forum::getNewContentState but I get the following error message when trying to view a thread.

An exception occurred: [ErrorException] [E_WARNING] Declaration of Andy\ShadowBan\XF\Entity\Forum::getNewContentState(?Andy\ShadowBan\XF\Entity\Thread $thread = NULL) should be compatible with XF\Entity\Forum::getNewContentState(?XF\Entity\Thread $thread = NULL) in src/addons/Andy/ShadowBan/XF/Entity/Forum.php on line 31

This is the PHP code I'm using:

<?php

namespace Andy\ShadowBan\XF\Entity;

class Forum extends XFCP_Forum
{
    public function getNewContentState(Thread $thread = null)
    {
...
    }
}

What is the proper way to extend the getNewContentState function?

Thank you.

 

[AndyB]

Got it:

<?php

namespace Andy\ShadowBan\XF\Entity;

class Forum extends XFCP_Forum
{
    public function getNewContentState(\XF\Entity\Thread $thread = null)
    {
...
    }
}

 

[Z61]

https://secure.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.importing.php