I like the idea of an error message when this happens, but as few other people in the thread had mentioned, I think it should be a warning (E_WARNING) because the conversion results in data loss (content of the array is replaced with "Array" string).
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Patrick ALLAERT <patrickalla...@php.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to introduce an E_NOTICE when an array is silently > converted to a string. > This isn't very useful as it constantly produces the following string: > "Array" and in most of the case, this is a sign of an error. > > Let me know about your feelings. > > Patch implementing that behavior change: https://gist.github.com/1004203 > Patch to adapt the tests: https://gist.github.com/1004204 > > Cheers, > Patrick > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
