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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] toString() and Object #ID
From: evert@rooftopsolutions.nl (Evert | Rooftop)

Hi Lars,

In the meanwhile .. check out spl_object_hash

Evert

Lars Schultz wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I just tried to switch from 5.1 to 5.2.3 and got thrown off right away 
> by:
> "Object of class MyObject could not be converted to string"
>
> I googled a bit and also read any Messages in the internals list but 
> couldn't find a decisive answer as to wether this will stay this way 
> or not.
>
> In the "PHP 5 Bug Summary Report" I found Bug # 40799
> "change string conversion behaviour for objects not implementing 
> __toString()"
>
> which is still open. I don't want to complain or anything but I'd like 
> to know wether it's feasible to wait for a change in this current, 
> modified, behaviour or if it's going to stay this way.
>
> I used the previous behaviour mostly for debugging purposes where I 
> wanted to get a visual (string) handle for any given object, which 
> helps ALOT when trying to figure out wether one has a copy or the 
> original and wether to references point to the same object....(obj1 
> === obj2 is not always helpful). Is there any other way than casting 
> an object to a string to get an objects #ID?
>
> Thanks for your time.
> Lars
>