From: phpbugs at sevenlight dot com
Operating system: OSX 10.5.5
PHP version: 5.3.0alpha2
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: Allow for optional arguments to __toString() magic method
Description:
------------
I believe it should be possible to have optional arguments to the
__toString() magic method to allow for explicitly changing the behaviour of
this function. I understand why you cannot have any required arguments,
but I do not see why it would not be possible to have optional arguments
that would define the default behaviour.
Reproduce code:
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class Test
{
public function __toString($bDebug = FALSE)
{
return $bDebug ? 'This is the debugging output' : 'This is the
default output';
}
}
$o = new Test();
echo $o . "\n";
echo $o->__toString(TRUE) . "\n";
Expected result:
----------------
This is the default output
This is the debugging output
Actual result:
--------------
Fatal error: Method Test::__tostring() cannot take arguments in
/srv/www/test/toString.php on line 3
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