Req #65213 [Com]: cannot cast SplFileInfo to boolean
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65213&edit=1
ID: 65213
Comment by: wmpalmer at gmail dot com
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:
I note that this has been listed as "Type: Feature/Change Request", can you explain the
rationale behind this? This clearly goes against the documented behaviour of objects in a boolean
context, so some clarification of *why* this was changed to FR could be useful.
Previous Comments:
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[2014-02-27 03:49:57] levim@php.net
This seems to have worked in PHP 5.1 when SplFileInfo was created. It has been broken since PHP 5.2
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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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