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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [Discussion] is_string(), string type and
 objectsimplementing __toString()
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)

Hi,

Andrey Andreev wrote:
> The question is rather "is this value a string?", only with the added
> assumption that __toString() objects are treated as "string objects"
> and thus fulfill the condition (another reason why I went for an
> is_string() parameter).

This is a faulty assumption. The presence of __toString() doesn't mean 
the object is a string, or intended to be used like one.

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Andrea Faulds
https://ajf.me/