PHP :: Request #31766 :: printf and _

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:
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When having an object with an __toString() and using this object as a parameter in a printf the __toString isn't called

Reproduce code:
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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/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

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