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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Regarding object casting
From: mrtreinis@gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Mat=C4=ABss_Roberts_Treinis?=)

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I have reopened the mentioned RFC (
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/object_cast_to_types) with kind permission of the
original author.

I would like to discuss fallowing matter, regarding to the mentioned RFC -
how would these changes affect comparison? Would it be possible to adapt
the changes to allow an object to be truthy and falsy in comparison
operations, like it is to the SimpleXML?



2013/12/2 Matthew Fonda <mfonda@php.net>

> Hi Mat=C4=ABss,
>
> Internal classes are able to define what happens when casting to differen=
t
> primitive types. There was an RFC [1] to extend this behavior to userland=
,
> but it has since been withdrawn. See archives for further discussion abou=
t
> this.
>
> Best regards,
> --Matthew
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:19 AM, Mat=C4=ABss Roberts Treinis <
> mrtreinis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good day, PHP internals folks.
>>
>> As we all know, objects in PHP casts to true by default, except one
>> particular class - SimpleXML objects created from empty tag.
>>
>> Many people in the community has had a problem with this limitation (or
>> lack of functionality) to be able to set cast value of the object and ar=
e
>> exploiting the SimpleXML to achieve the ability to control object castin=
g.
>>
>> The question would be, why this exception - SimpleXML? Could we have a
>> magic method or other way to control how object is being casted?
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
>

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