Avoid direct check of class name (#4601)

* Avoid direct check of class name

So that subclasses are also ok

* Use type hint in function signature.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/php/src/Google/Protobuf/Timestamp.php b/php/src/Google/Protobuf/Timestamp.php
index 7da8e956..f2286ab4 100644
--- a/php/src/Google/Protobuf/Timestamp.php
+++ b/php/src/Google/Protobuf/Timestamp.php
@@ -159,14 +159,10 @@ class Timestamp extends \Google\Protobuf\Internal\Message
     /**
      * Converts PHP DateTime to Timestamp.
      *
-     * @param DateTime $datetime
+     * @param \DateTime $datetime
      */
-    public function fromDateTime($datetime)
+    public function fromDateTime(\DateTime $datetime)
     {
-        if (get_class($datetime) !== \DateTime::class) {
-            trigger_error("Given parameter is not a DateTime.",
-                          E_USER_ERROR);
-        }
         $this->seconds = $datetime->format('U');
         $this->nanos = 0;
     }
@@ -174,7 +170,7 @@ class Timestamp extends \Google\Protobuf\Internal\Message
     /**
      * Converts Timestamp to PHP DateTime. Nano second is ignored.
      *
-     * @return DateTime $datetime
+     * @return \DateTime $datetime
      */
     public function toDateTime()
     {