note 75909 deleted from language.oop5.typehinting by felipe

Note Submitter: yarco dot w at gmail dot com ---- I think php could add this feature: user could self define the __toXXX magic method. So when there exists type hinting, the object could automatically be changed into such type. Code like this: <?php class A { public function __toArray() { // do change to array } } function insertData(array $array) { // insert data into database } insertData($a = new A()); ?> object $a could automatically call __toArray(). It is very useful when you change data from database into model under MVC enviroment.(For example, zend framework. So you could do $table->insert($a); no need: $table->insert($a->toArray()); //such ugly code if insert defined as insert(array $array);