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Subject: PHP5: hook cast_object handler in userspace
From: cunha17@uol.com.br ("Cristiano Duarte")

Hi internals,

Is there a way to hook the cast_object handler in userspace ? What I want is
a default "to_string" method called when I do something like:

class my_object extends class_with_default_to_string_method {
    private $value = "Hello";
    public function to_string() { //overhiding default to_string wich prints
"Object id #n"
        return $this->value;
    }
}

$o = new my_object();
echo $o;

or:

$o = new xxx();
echo "My stringfied value is=$o";

Thanx,

Cristiano Duarte