Re: casting php5 objects

Please check the archives to see why we don't support object casts to integers/doubles. Hint: The object id is not unique. Andi At 03:45 AM 9/10/2004 +0000, Curt Zirzow wrote:

In reference to bug #29029 (http://bugs.php.net/29029): Current casting object behaviour:

  int      - not able to cast

dobule - notice thrown, returns 1.0

  null     - will return null
  bool     - returns 1 (from result of double)

string - user __toString() if applicable or 'Object' Beyond the ridiculous idea of adding a __toInt(), __toDouble().. etc. What about the idea that casting int so that it returns the id of the object, and the double value returns the int casted as a double value. So: $o1 = new stdClass(); $o2 = new stdClass(); $o3 = new stdClass();

  var_dump((int) $o1);    /* 1   */

var_dump((double) $o2); /* 2.0 */

  var_dump((int) $o3);    /* 3   */

Otherwise, I'll just move this over as a documentation problem. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid! -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php