fix: Adjust types of IQueryBuilder to properly allow joining with sub-query

Signed-off-by: Ferdinand Thiessen <opensource@fthiessen.de>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
index c21793a2421..22724c0c800 100644
--- a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
@@ -541,12 +541,13 @@ interface IQueryBuilder {
 	 * </code>
 	 *
 	 * @param string $fromAlias The alias that points to a from clause.
-	 * @param string $join The table name to join.
+	 * @param string|IQueryFunction $join The table name to join.
 	 * @param string $alias The alias of the join table.
 	 * @param string|ICompositeExpression|null $condition The condition for the join.
 	 *
 	 * @return $this This QueryBuilder instance.
 	 * @since 8.2.0
+	 * @since 30.0.0 Allow passing IQueryFunction as parameter for `$join` to allow join with a sub-query.
 	 *
 	 * @psalm-taint-sink sql $fromAlias
 	 * @psalm-taint-sink sql $join
@@ -1001,11 +1002,14 @@ interface IQueryBuilder {
 	public function getLastInsertId(): int;
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the table name quoted and with database prefix as needed by the implementation
+	 * Returns the table name quoted and with database prefix as needed by the implementation.
+	 * If a query function is passed the function is casted to string,
+	 * this allows passing functions as sub-queries for join expression.
 	 *
 	 * @param string|IQueryFunction $table
 	 * @return string
 	 * @since 9.0.0
+	 * @since 24.0.0 accepts IQueryFunction as parameter
 	 */
 	public function getTableName($table);