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 PatchesPull RequestsHistoryAllCommentsChangesGit/SVN commits              [2010-03-09 21:42 UTC] ziddiri at yahoo dot com
  [2010-12-20 15:43 UTC] jani@php.net
 
-Package: Feature/Change Request
+Package: Class/Object related
  [2010-12-20 15:43 UTC] jani@php.net
 
-Operating System: all
+Operating System: *
-PHP Version:      5.3.0
+PHP Version:      *
  [2010-12-22 15:37 UTC] johannes@php.net
 
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
  [2010-12-22 15:37 UTC] johannes@php.net
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Description: ------------ My suggestion is a new magic method called __operator($op, $rightValue) or (if that might be the better way) __operator($leftValue, $op) If defined, a class should be able to handle an operation, like "$classA + $classOrValueB". What the method returns is the result of that of that operation. Reproduce code: --------------- // first way class A1 { // the method of the instance of $a1 public function __operator($operator, $rightValue) { var_dump($rightValue); // 'Hi, All!' var_dump($operator); // '.' return '666 . ' . $rightValue; } } // second way class A2 { // the method of the instance of $a2 public function __operator($leftValue, $operator) { var_dump($leftValue); // 'Hello, World!' var_dump($operator); // '+' return '777 + ' . $leftValue; } } // 1st way $a1 = new A1(); $c1 = $a1 . 'Hi, All!'; // '666 . Hi, All!' // the result of __operator() method // 2nd way $a2 = new A2(); $c2 = 'Hello, World!' + $a2; // '777 + Hello, World!' // the result of __operator() method Expected result: ---------------- $c1 = '666 . Hi, All!'; $c2 = '777 + Hello, World!'; Actual result: -------------- -----