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Property in interface cannot be final
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Description
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While PHP 8.4 supports properties in an interface, as long as they are defining hooks, it is not possible to use the ``final`` option: in fact, the property hook does not have a body, so there is no code to finalize.

Example
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.. code-block:: php

   <?php
   
   interface I {
       final $p { get; }
   }
   
   ?>

Solutions
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+ Remove the ``final`` option.
+ Move the property definition to an abstract class.