Req #48442 [Fbk->Opn]: strpos does not attempt to cast needle as string if needle is an object

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48442&edit=1 ID: 48442 User updated by: deadowlsurvivor at gmail dot com Reported by: deadowlsurvivor at gmail dot com Summary: strpos does not attempt to cast needle as string if needle is an object -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: Any Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Wow, it's been a while since I posted this. It's more consistent with other type casting operations to type cast to the traditional expected value if applicable (even integers as an ordinal value). However, to obtain this consistency it would hurt backwards compatibility. I would be gracious if there was a release of PHP that focused on consistency issues that have been neglected for reasons of backwards compatibility, which would likely entail a new major version. If that's not the direction that the PHP developers are interested in, you can go ahead and close this or otherwise assign it to a new larger version number. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-04-30 22:45:58] levim@php.net Is this something you are still interested in seeing? Personally this looks nonsensical; objects aren't integers and so you need to do any conversion yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-06-01 00:50:16] deadowlsurvivor at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Currently, if you attempt to set Reproduce code: --------------- class foo { private $bar; public function __construct($bar) { $this->bar = $bar; } public function __toString() { return $bar; } } $a = new foo('abc'); $b = new foo('ab'); $pos = strpos($a,$b); Expected result: ---------------- $pos holds the value of 0. Actual result: -------------- While $a is cast to a string, PHP attempts to cast $b into an integer, as documented. However, wouldn't it make sense to attempt to cast $b into a string if casting it as an integer fails? Or even to attempt to cast it into a string first? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48442&edit=1