Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62911&edit=1
ID: 62911 Comment by: willfi...@php.net Reported by: bdurand-php at ssji dot net Summary: Add DateTime::__toString() Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Date/time related PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: willfitch Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: It's not a matter of whether PHP can or not; it's a matter of gathering a consensus among developers on what standard *should* be default. I personally agree with adding __tostring, but this needs to be proposed in an RFC, which I will do tonight. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-27 17:27:15] bdurand-php at ssji dot net The timezone can be defined in the constructor, with the directive tz php.ini, or with date_default_timezone_get() function. A DateTime is a string in fact, so it's logic to have a string cast available. Which format is more standard than ISO format? Another common format is the timestamp, but it can not represent all dates. Other languages did this behavior ââlike python. Why PHP can't? I know that I can subclass any (core) class... it's not the problem here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-27 15:24:45] willfi...@php.net Would it be worth investing time in adding a setter/constructor option for a default format type? Setting no default could fallback to one of the constants (which still doesn't resolve the non-consensus issue). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-27 15:17:38] der...@php.net We have had this a few times now, and we should not do this. The main reason is that we will never be able to come to a consensus on which format to show. It certainly shouldn't have anything that destroys the encoded timezone identifiers. It's perfectly possible to subclass DateTime yourself and add a __toString() that returns the datetime in your preferred format though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-27 15:15:15] willfi...@php.net This is a good idea. I will add this, but will also add an RFC as I'd like the input of other internals on the output format. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-23 18:15:37] bdurand-php at ssji dot net Description: ------------ Hello, I want to have a default behavior to convert an instance of the class DateTime into a string. I mean implement the method __toString() in the DateTime class. The default format should be ISO8601 IMHO, but we can add an attribut to define the default format to use for __toString() and format() method. Greetings. Test script: --------------- <?php $datetime = new DateTime(); echo $datetime; Expected result: ---------------- 2012-08-23T20:11:21+0200 Actual result: -------------- PHP Catchable fatal error: Object of class DateTime could not be converted to string in php shell code on line 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62911&edit=1
