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To: "Khawer ." <khaweronline@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Change -> to dot(.)
From: php-lists@koalephant.com (Stephen Reay)


> On 6 Jul 2017, at 13:13, Khawer . <khaweronline@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> In all major programming languages we access object properties and =
methods
> using dot(.).
>=20
> C#:
> Abc Abc =3D new Abc();
> Abc.method();
>=20
> Java:
> Abc Abc =3D new Abc();
> Abc.method();
>=20
> JavaScript:
> var apple =3D new function() {
>    this.name =3D "Test";
> }
> alert(apple.name());
>=20
>=20
> Why not to make PHP similar to these languages by allowing to access =
object
> properties and methods using dot(.). We will still keep "->" until PHP =
8 to
> maintain backward compatibility.

In each of those languages, the plus operator is used for string =
concatenation.

In PHP the dot operator is used for string concatenation, and objects =
can be cast to strings when concatenating, so how do you differentiate =
the two calls at the end of this block:

class Bar {
	public function baz() {=E2=80=A6}

	public function __toString(): string {...}
}

function baz(): string {=E2=80=A6}

$foo =3D new Bar();
$foo.baz(); // call method Baz on object $foo
$foo.baz(); // concat the result of casting $foo to string, with the =
result of calling baz()=