From: doublecompile at gmail dot com Operating system: Ubuntu Linux 5.04 PHP version: 5CVS-2006-05-26 (snap) PHP Bug Type: Strings related Bug description: Cannot stringify objects without __toString
Description: ------------ Attempting to stringify (casting, strval, echo) an instantiated class without a __toString() method results in the following error: Catchable fatal error: Object of class test could not be converted to string in... Built using php5.2-200605252230 Snap with the following config statement: './configure' '--with-mysql=/usr/local/php5/ext/mysql' '--with-pdo' '--with-pdo-mysql' '--with-apxs2=/usr/bin/apxs2' '--with-zlib' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-calendar' '--with-gd=/usr' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/include' '--with-zlib-dir=/usr/include' '--with-png-dir=/usr/include' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr/include' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr/include' '--with-ldap' '--with-mcrypt' '--with-mhash' '--with-bz2' '--with-curl' '--enable-ftp' '--with-openssl' '--with-mysqli' '--enable-exif' '--enable-wddx' '--with-xsl' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-soap' '--with-pgsql=/usr/lib/postgresql' '--with-pdo-pgsql=/usr/lib/postgresql' '--with-sqlite' '--with-pdo-sqlite' '--with-ibm-db2=/home/db2inst1/sqllib' '--with-pdo-odbc=ibm-db2,/home/db2inst1/sqllib' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-gettext' Reproduce code: --------------- class test { } $test = new test(); // any of the following would produce the error $value = (string)$test; $value = strval($test); echo $test; Expected result: ---------------- $value to be set to "Object #1" or the echo to output "Object #1" Actual result: -------------- Catchable fatal error: Object of class test could not be converted to string in... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37597&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37597&r=mysqlcfg