#23312 [NEW]: using objects as primitives (new magic function)

From: webmaster at s0nix dot de Operating system: PHP version: 5CVS-2003-04-23 (dev) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: using objects as primitives (new magic function) http://www.zend.com/phorum/read.php?num=6&id=668&loc=0&thread=668 [quote] First, object representation in different contexts. Currently, if we write: echo $object; PHP produce not much of information about instance: 'object'. I have read many articles about new PHP5 features where I found note that we will be able to use an object in a 'foreach' instruction, like an array, if this object implement container interface. This is great - I think about an another usage of this concept - using an object as a string. For example, if class provide an specific method (magic function?): class TSerializable { function __value() { return $this->toXML(); } } we will be able to use it like a simple value - an object will be automatically converted (with a method defined by the user) to a 'primitive' representation: echo '<tag>'.$object.'</tag>'; or <?=$object; ?> This will be very useful - e.g. in serialization, debugging and PHP-based templates because we will be able to use general syntax to streaming simple and complex data. [/quote] -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23312&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23312&r=gnused