Bug #64023 [Ver]: Overloading __toString() in SplFileInfo has no effect

From: Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:54:43 +0000
Subject: Bug #64023 [Ver]: Overloading __toString() in SplFileInfo has no effect
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Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64023&edit=1

 ID:                 64023
 Updated by:         cataphract@php.net
 Reported by:        php at lightning dot hu
 Summary:            Overloading __toString() in SplFileInfo has no
                     effect
 Status:             Verified
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            SPL related
 Operating System:   Linux
 PHP Version:        Irrelevant
 Assigned To:        cataphract
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

Fix: https://github.com/cataphract/php-src/compare/bug64023


Previous Comments:
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[2013-01-18 15:24:39] php at lightning dot hu

Description:
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When I overload the __toString() magic method in the SplFileInfo class or in one 
of it's derivatives it does not work if I concatenate the object with a string.
See the example for a simple demonstration.

Test script:
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class A extends \SplFileInfo
{
    public function __toString() {return ' -expected- ';}
}

$a = new A('/');

// Works
echo $a, $a->__toString(), $a->__toString() . '';

// Does not work - outputs parent::__toString()
echo $a . '';

Expected result:
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-expected-  -expected-  -expected- /



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