Req #70604 [NEW]: Magic Integer casting + NULL cast

From: jodminster at gmx dot net Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Magic Integer casting + NULL cast Description: ------------ Analog to __toString() a __toInt() method. Additionally allow NULL as a valid return value for casting methods. Test script: --------------- class test { private $value; function __construct($value = null) { $this->value = $value; } function __toString() { return $this->value ? (string) $this->value : $this->value; } function __toInt() { return $this->value ? (int) $this->value : $this->value; } } (string)(new test()) === null; (string)(new test('1')) === '1'; (string)(new test(1)) === '1'; (int)(new test()) === null; (int)(new test('1') === 1; (int)(new test(1) === 1; Expected result: ---------------- 6 x true Actual result: -------------- * Catchable fatal error: Method test::__toString() must return a string value in php shell code on line 1 *__toInt is never called -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70604&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70604&r=mysqlcfg