#49957 [NEW]: Need magic method for every data type

From: greg at imagiclab dot com Operating system: unix PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Need magic method for every data type Description: ------------ Need magic method for every data type. Why have a incomplete magic method list. Why not a __toInt and __toResource. We are trying to change a legacy system to connect to mysql on demand and would love a __toResource magic method. Also anyone who uses class based enums would like a __toInt to convert the enum to is int valyue and to use __toSting to convert the enum to its label. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: language.oop5.magic --- -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49957&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49957&r=mysqlcfg