From: oliver dot graetz at gmx dot de Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: PHP violates type casting rules
Description: ------------ In the documentation under http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.casting it reads "Objects are always converted to the string "Object"." This is not true: php -r "echo PHP_VERSION;echo new StdClass;" 5.2.2RC3-dev Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in Command line code on line 1 The documentation should be changed to: "Objects are not converted to anything unless you define a __toString() method. If you can't because you are using an engine internal class then you are busted. This is especially annoying with functions like implode() that stop working when their arguments contain such objects. Sorry for this inconvenience but we refuse to listen to any bug report about this and blindly change any complaint to BOGUS." Of course the real fix would be providing the documented "Object" as fallback instead of raising a recoverable error. But as my documentation suggestion states: You are not listening. In my opinion the current behaviour is a real showstopper. For further nagging read http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40799 Reproduce code: --------------- echo new StdClass; Expected result: ---------------- Object Actual result: -------------- Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in Command line code on line 1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41221&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41221&r=mysqlcfg
