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:
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<?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');
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33270&edit=1
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33270&r=trysnapshot50
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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
