note 54097 added to language.oop5.magic

This small sentence tripped me up for a half an hour: "It is worth noting that the __toString method will only be called when it is directly combined with echo() or print()." So code like this will _not_ work, even though you might think it would: <? //$x is some variable with a __toString method defined. $y = "x's value is: " . $x; $y = "x's value is: " . (string)$x; ?> In _em_ both situations, $y will contain "x's value is: Object id #42" (or whatever object ID). So, the only recourse I guess is this: <? $y = "x's value is: " . $x->__toString(); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54097 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54097&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54097&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54097&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54097&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54097&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54097&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54097&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php