objects as string and arrays as string

From: Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:52:00 +0000
Subject: objects as string and arrays as string
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I want to throw together a quick hack so that objects can implement a __as_string() method that will get called when the string is used in a string contex. Instead of append "Object". $s = (string)$object; or $s .= $object; also the same things with arrays that will do something similar to $s = implode(" ", $array); $s = (string)$array; $s = $array . "\n"; Before anyone jumps on this and says no way cause it easy to implemnt your own __to_string() and call it when you want it or what is wrong with implode(" ", $array). Think of exactly how usefull is appending the word "Array" or "Object". Thoughts? - brad __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com

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