Req #65213 [Com]: cannot cast SplFileInfo to boolean

From: Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:49:57 +0000
Subject: Req #65213 [Com]: cannot cast SplFileInfo to boolean
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Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65213&edit=1

 ID:                 65213
 Comment by:         levim@php.net
 Reported by:        fake at example dot com
 Summary:            cannot cast SplFileInfo to boolean
 Status:             Open
 Type:               Feature/Change Request
 Package:            SPL related
 PHP Version:        5.5.0
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

This seems to have worked in PHP 5.1 when SplFileInfo was created. It has been broken since PHP 5.2


Previous Comments:
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[2013-07-07 15:56:15] laruence@php.net

change to FR

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[2013-07-06 14:23:15] fake at example dot com

Description:
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Casting an instance of SplFileInfo to boolean throws an exception. It should behave like other
objects, where the cast always results in boolean true without throwing. Otherwise, it breaks common
code like

if (!$myObj) {...}

Test script:
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<?php
$o = new SplFileInfo('.');
var_dump((bool) $o);

Expected result:
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I expect (bool) true as output.

Actual result:
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Catchable fatal error: Object of class SplFileInfo could not be converted to boolean in ...


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