Req #65213 [Opn->Csd]: cannot cast SplFileInfo to boolean

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65213&edit=1 ID: 65213 Updated by: datibbaw@php.net Reported by: fake at example dot com Summary: cannot cast SplFileInfo to boolean -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: SPL related PHP Version: 5.5.0 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Automatic comment on behalf of datibbaw Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=2bcf8a6cd921486f0ee4835166984ecf4f0b2021 Log: Fixed #65213 - cannot cast SplFileInfo to boolean Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-08-20 13:45:21] bpolaszek at gmail dot com Hello, I've just been confronted to the same problem and I also don't understand why this has been changed to a feature request. This issue goes against the documentation about booleans - http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php - and is indeed a bug, or at least an unexpected behavior with a critical matter (it just throws... a fatal error). Thanks for reconsidering the issue. Beno!t POLASZEK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-05-11 00:21:56] wmpalmer at gmail dot com 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-07 15:56:15] laruence@php.net change to FR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-06 14:23:15] fake at example dot com Description: ------------ 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: --------------- <?php $o = new SplFileInfo('.'); var_dump((bool) $o); Expected result: ---------------- I expect (bool) true as output. Actual result: -------------- Catchable fatal error: Object of class SplFileInfo could not be converted to boolean in ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65213&edit=1