Req #69486 [NEW]: Add support foir _toBoolean magic method

From: adrian at adecsys dot com Operating system: CentOS/WinXP PHP version: 5.4.40 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Add support foir _toBoolean magic method Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.oop5.magic --- The inbuilt conversion of objects to Boolean, especially for expression evaluation, is poor and could be greatly improved. I propose one of two mechanisms: (a) Given the existing __toString() magic method, use this as an intermediate step in the conversion to a bool value, following the documented rules for string. or (b) add support for an explicit __toBoolean magic method, which allows the implentation to take full control over the resulting type. Thank you Test script: --------------- class NullObject { public function __toString() { return ""; } public function __toBoolean() { return false; } public function __call($name , $arguments) { return $this; } } $test = new NullObject(); echo $test ? "TRUE" : "FALSE" ; // TRUE, but logically expect FALSE -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69486&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69486&r=mysqlcfg