From: alex_mailbox53 at yahoo dot com
Operating system: Gentoo Linux
PHP version: 5.0.0b3 (beta3)
PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem
Bug description: __toString is not called during (string) cast and inside an
expression
Description:
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The ZEND_CHANGES defines that __toString method whould
be called whenever object is casted to sting. But actually it is
casted to string only during print (echo) operator.
Even the example in ZEND_CHANGES does not work:
class Foo {
function __toString() {
return "What ever";
}
$obj = Foo;
$str = (string) $obj; // call __toString()
echo $obj; // call __toString()
print $str will print the "Object" sring, not the "What ever".
One more code example:
class Integer {
private $value;
function __construct($val) {
$this->value = $val;
}
function __toString() {
return (string)($this->value);
}
}
$i = new Integer(10);
if (10 == $i)
echo '10!!!! :-)';
"10!!! :-)" is not printed.
Expected result:
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When object is accessed in expressions it should be explicitly
casted to sting nor vartype.
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26962&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=trysnapshot4
Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=trysnapshot5
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26962&r=float
