#37811 [NEW]: define not using toString on objects

From: php at trancer dot nl Operating system: Any PHP version: 5.1.4 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: define not using toString on objects Description: ------------ PHP is using toString on most places to cast objects to string. However define is not doing this. This seems somewhat of an oddity as objects are casted in other functions aswell. Possible fix to this problem was provided by bjori: http://php.is/bugs/toString/define.call.toString.patch.txt Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class foo { function __toString() { return "bar"; } } $foo = new foo(); define('COWBELL', $foo); ?> Expected result: ---------------- It being properly defined using the toString function. Actual result: -------------- Warning: Constants may only evaluate to scalar values in test.php on line 15 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37811&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37811&r=mysqlcfg