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Bug #77488 __toString in a trait
Submitted: 2019-01-18 23:52 UTC Modified: 2019-01-19 10:18 UTC
From: alywena at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Duplicate Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 7.3.0 OS: Windows 10
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2019-01-18 23:52 UTC] alywena at gmail dot com
Description:
------------
If an object has a __toString() method define in a trait, the object could not be converted to string.

Test script:
---------------
trait ToString
{
    abstract public function toString(): string;

    public function __toString(): string
    {
        return $this->toString();
    }
}
class Foo
{
    use ToString;

    public function toString()
    {
        return 'bar';
    }
}

$foo = new Foo();

echo $foo;

Expected result:
----------------
'bar'

Actual result:
--------------
Object of class Foo could not be converted to string

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 [2019-01-18 23:59 UTC] danack@php.net
Are you seeing this on any released version, or only against master?
 [2019-01-19 00:02 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2019-01-19 00:02 UTC] requinix@php.net
And are you sure *that exact code* reproduces the problem?
 [2019-01-19 09:48 UTC] alywena at gmail dot com
-Status: Feedback +Status: Open
 [2019-01-19 09:48 UTC] alywena at gmail dot com
Description:
------------
If an object has a __toString() method define in a trait, the object could not be converted to string.

Test script:
---------------
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Traits {
    trait ToString
    {
        abstract public function toString(): string;

        public function __toString(): string
        {
            return $this->toString();
        }
    }
}

namespace Test {

    use Traits\ToString;

    class MyStr {
        use ToString;

        public function toString(): string
        {
            return 'mystr';
        }
    }

    class Foo {
        use ToString;

        public function toString(): string
        {
            return 'foo';
        }
    }

    $foo = new Foo();
    echo $foo;
    echo PHP_EOL;
    $s = new MyStr();
    echo $s;
}

Expected result:
----------------
foo
mystr

Actual result:
--------------
foo 
Recoverable fatal error: Object of class Test\MyStr could not be converted to string
 [2019-01-19 10:07 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2019-01-19 10:07 UTC] requinix@php.net
Exactly what version of PHP are you using?
 [2019-01-19 10:16 UTC] alywena at gmail dot com
The 7.3.0 include in XAMPP 7.3.0.

In 7.2.4 the problem not occure.
 [2019-01-19 10:18 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Feedback +Status: Duplicate -PHP Version: 7.3Git-2019-01-18 (Git) +PHP Version: 7.3.0
 [2019-01-19 10:18 UTC] requinix@php.net
Duplicate of bug #77291 which was fixed in 7.3.1.
 
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