#36675 [NEW]: Cannot use an object with boolean expression

From: iain at iaindooley dot com Operating system: FreeBSD 6.0 PHP version: 5.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: Cannot use an object with boolean expression Description: ------------ object cannot be used in a boolean logic comparison. Reproduce code: --------------- $view here is of the class RsmlView: if($view = $this->getView($view_name)) { if($view!='DO NOT DISPLAY') $view->display($this); } Expected result: ---------------- nothing special, just a boolean result Actual result: -------------- this code produces the notice: Notice: Object of class RsmlView could not be converted to int -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36675&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36675&r=mysqlcfg