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Request #64687 Implements __empty() and __equals()
Submitted: 2013-04-21 13:14 UTC Modified: -
Votes:2
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 1.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: lpu8er at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Open Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.5.0beta3 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-04-21 13:14 UTC] lpu8er at gmail dot com 
Description:
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For convenience, we should be able to use objects at any time, including into the language constructs.

Java implements .equals() in order to compare objects.
Such a request already exists, but in a single comment:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.object-comparison.php#85769

The basic/default behavior (fallback) for such a method would be same as actual.

The proto would be:
public function __equals(stdOject $comparisonObject)
and couldn't be called statically.

In the same way, having some __empty() method would be fine, which would act as empty() for the basic/default behavior.

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