#49367 [NEW]: Automatic type casting for the variable function name

From: kexianbin at diyism dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Automatic type casting for the variable function name Description: ------------ Currently, php 5.3.0 doesn't support automatic type casting for the variable function name, we indeed need it, it could lead to very cool applications. Reproduce code: --------------- <? class cls_so_work {function __toString() {return 'so_work'; } } function so_work() {echo 'hello'; } $o=new cls_so_work; echo $o.'<br>'; $o(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- so_work hello Actual result: -------------- so_work Fatal error: Function name must be a string in E:\WWW\PhpApps\test\test.php on line 18 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49367&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49367&r=mysqlcfg