#37702 [Csd->Opn]: Make toString working with strval

ID: 37702 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: php at bouchery dot com -Status: Closed +Status: Open -Bug Type: Feature/Change Request +Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.1.* Assigned To: helly New Comment: Opening this as a doc problem then, as it needs to be documented that it will work in 5.2 ofcourse. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-05 18:46:15] php at bouchery dot com It's a bug ? Seen in the documentation : "It is worth noting that the __toString method will only be called when it is directly combined with echo() or print()." And Example 19-28 confirm this "feature". here : http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-05 15:34:28] helly@php.net 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. Cannot be fixed in 5.1 and is already fixed in HEAD and 5.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-05 15:29:08] php at bouchery dot com Description: ------------ Currently, __toString work ONLY with echo/print, and it's very restrictive. It could be very interresting to allow toString working with strval() to avoid this : <?php if( is_object($var) ) $text = 'var = ' . $var->__toString(); else $text = 'var = ' . $var; ?> Expected result: ---------------- <?php $text = 'var = ' . strval($var); ?> Or better : <?php $text = 'var = ' . $var; ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37702&edit=1