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Request #31766 printf and __toString
Submitted: 2005-01-30 20:57 UTC Modified: 2006-05-21 05:30 UTC
From: Robin at RHarmsen dot nl Assigned: Andi (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.0.3 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-01-30 20:57 UTC] Robin at RHarmsen dot nl 
Description:
------------
When having an object with an __toString() and using this object as a parameter in a printf the __toString isn't called

Reproduce code:
---------------
class User
{
  public $username;
  public function __toString()
  {
    return $username;
  }
}

$user = new User();
$user->username = "Test";
echo $this->user;
printf("Logged in as: %s\n",$this->user);



Expected result:
----------------
Test
Logged in as: Test

Actual result:
--------------
Test
Logged in as: Object id #1

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 [2005-01-30 21:07 UTC] derick@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

only echo and print call __toString()
 [2005-01-30 21:21 UTC] Robin at RHarmsen dot nl 
I thought it also applyd to printf and sprintf
to bad :(
 [2005-01-30 22:56 UTC] helly@php.net 
Actually this is a valid feature request and we said that we try to include this functionality in 5.1 once the inherent engine problems are solved.
 [2006-05-21 05:30 UTC] mfischer@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
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