#37811 [Asn->Csd]: define not using toString on objects

ID: 37811 Updated by: helly@php.net Reported By: php at trancer dot nl -Status: Assigned +Status: Closed Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem -Operating System: Any +Operating System: * -PHP Version: 5.1.4 +PHP Version: 5.1.* Assigned To: helly New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-15 00:27:15] php at trancer dot nl 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37811&edit=1