Req #76295 [NEW]: Add a __toHeredoc magic method

From: email at davekok dot nl Operating system: PHP version: Next Major Version Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Add a __toHeredoc magic method Description: ------------ Feature request. At moment PHP has the very useful __toString() magic method. However at times I find myself needing to convert an object to different string representations based on the output language used, like HTML, CSS, Json, CSV. When using heredoc it would be useful if the identifier could be used to distinguish between different types of languages similar to how markdown works. Would it be possible to add a __toHeredoc(string $identifier) magic method that a programmer could implement? With a fallback to using __toString() magic method if it is missing? -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76295&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76295&r=mysqlcfg