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Is there a way to turn off auto-conversion of objects to strings in php 5.2?

I'm using a compiler that has a slightly older version of PHP than my dev machine (5.1.3 vs. 5.2.6 IIRC). That version doesn't do the auto-conversion, which can result in some sneaky bugs in the compiled version. I'd rather not downgrade my dev box, but if I can somehow turn that off, that might be helpful in finding those earlier.

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Can you define the __toString() function on your classes?

Josh  2009-10-22 22:49:53
It _is_ defined. That's what allows 5.2 to do the version. 5.1 still doesn't, unless you're in an echo or print context. http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php#language.oop5.magic.tostring
sprugman  2009-10-23 17:51:48
er... by "version" I mean "conversion"
sprugman  2009-10-23 17:52:23
Oh, and by the link, I'm referring to the "It is worth noting" section below the example code. (It would be nice to be able to edit these comments.)
sprugman  2009-10-23 17:55:24
OH. I see what you're saying now. I'm sorry, I misunderstood before. Let me think if there's any way around that...
Josh  2009-10-23 18:37:41

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