Doc #72491 [NEW]: Switch can take a class

From: anfurny22 at gmail dot com Operating system: Mac PHP version: 5.6.23 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Switch can take a class Description: ------------ From http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php "The case expression may be any expression that evaluates to a simple type, that is, integer or floating-point numbers and strings. Arrays or objects cannot be used here unless they are dereferenced to a simple type." However, when I pass an object, it seems to work fine. Test script: --------------- class X { public $j; } class Y { public $j; } $x = new X(); switch ($x) { case new Y(): return "Matched a Y"; break; case new X(): echo "Matched an X"; break; default: echo "No match"; break; //outputs "Matched an X" } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72491&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72491&r=mysqlcfg