note 70257 added to function.strval

since PHP 5.2 this function can be used with objects that implements the magic __toString() method, previous versions will return the object id as an string. <?php class test { function __toString() { return "foo"; } } $foo = strval(new test) . PHP_EOL; echo $foo; ?> php 5.2 outputs : foo earlier versions : Object id #1 ---- Server IP: 200.24.234.70 Probable Submitter: 200.7.26.129 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strval.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/70257 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70257/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70257/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70257/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70257/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70257/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70257/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70257 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/70257 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php