ID: 37597 User updated by: doublecompile at gmail dot com Reported By: doublecompile at gmail dot com -Status: Bogus +Status: Open Bug Type: Strings related Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.2.* Assigned To: helly New Comment:
Try this on for size: <?php class test { public $value; } $test = new test(); $test->value = "1234"; $test2 = new test(); $test->value = "5678"; $test3 = new test(); $test->value = "7890"; $example = array( $test, $test2, $test3, $test3 ); $filtered = array_unique( $example ); ?> Outputs: Catchable fatal error: Object of class test could not be converted to string in ... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-26 01:56:29] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php The object id is not useable in any way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-26 01:49:53] doublecompile at gmail dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37597&edit=1