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Stringable::__toString

(PHP 8)

Stringable::__toString — Gets a string representation of the object

Description

public Stringable::__toString(): string

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the string representation of the object.

Found A Problem?

zikro32 at gmail dot com ¶

9 months ago

`__toString() magic method is not intended to be called directly.

Instead, it defines what is returned when the object is cast to string, either explicitly casting with:

(string)$element

Or implicitly, when used in certain contexts which would cause a conversion to string.

If you really want to explicitly call a method to convert an object to string, then you can just create a public toString method and call that, avoid using the magic __toString directly if no casting is needed.

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