From: Jesselnz at gmail dot com Operating system: All PHP version: 5.0.3 PHP Bug Type: Strings related Bug description: Typecasting an object with a __toString() function returns the string 'Object'.
Description: ------------ Typecasting an object with a __toString() function returns the string 'Object' and doesn't run __toString(). Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class Foobar { .....public function __toString () .....{ ..........echo '__toString() was run.', "\n"; ..........return ('./includes/foobar.php'); .....} } $foobar = new Foobar (); require ((string) $foobar); ?> Expected result: ---------------- __toString() was run. require ('./includes/foobar.php'); Actual result: -------------- require ('Object'); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33270&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=mysqlcfg