Bug #64919 [Com]: SplFileObject::__toString is not used when casting as string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64919&edit=1 ID: 64919 Comment by: stof at notk dot org Reported by: stof at notk dot org Summary: SplFileObject::__toString is not used when casting as string Status: Open Type: Bug Package: SPL related PHP Version: 5.4.15 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: It might be related to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64023 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-05-24 14:36:26] stof at notk dot org Description: ------------ The doc documents SplFileObject::__toString as being an alias for SplFileObject::current. When calling __toString explicitly, this indeed works (and can return an array when READ_CSV is used, which seems confusing) But when casting a SplFileObject to a string, it will return the path to the file, like for the SplFileInfo parent class. Test script: --------------- $tempFile = new \SplTempFileObject(); $tempFile->fwrite('foobar-'); $tempFile->rewind(); echo (string) $tempFile; echo PHP_EOL; echo $tempFile->__toString(); Expected result: ---------------- Result according to the doc: foobar- foobar- Actual result: -------------- php://temp foobar- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64919&edit=1