#27125 [NEW]: strval() doesn't work for objects with __toString()

From: adam at trachtenberg dot com Operating system: * PHP version: 5CVS-2004-02-03 (dev) PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Bug description: strval() doesn't work for objects with __toString() Description: ------------ When strval() is passed an object with a __toString() method, strval() should return the results of __toString(). This makes strval() consistent with (string), which the PHP manual agree to be the same thing: "You can convert a value to a string using the (string) cast, or the strval() function." See also internals list discussion: http://www.mail- archive.com/internals@lists.php.net/msg05832.html Reproduce code: --------------- class foo { public function __toString() { return "foo\n"; } } $foo = new foo; print strval($foo); Expected result: ---------------- foo Actual result: -------------- PHP Notice: Object of class foo could not be converted to string in /Users/adam/Documents/php/php5/toString.php on line 10 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27125&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27125&r=float