From:             jordan dot raub at dataxltd dot com
Operating system: Linux
PHP version:      5.4.4
Package:          SimpleXML related
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:implementing __toString and a cast to string fails

Description:
------------
I would expect casting to a string to have the same result as calling the 
__toString() function on extending a SimpleXMLElement object. 
I've tested this against

PHP 5.3.3-7+squeeze13 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Jun 10 2012
07:31:32) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
    with XCache v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 2005-2009, by mOo
    with Xdebug v2.1.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2011, by Derick Rethans
    with Suhosin v0.9.32.1, Copyright (c) 2007-2010, by SektionEins GmbH

and 

PHP 5.4.4 (cli) (built: Jun 14 2012 11:50:02) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies

and 


PHP 5.3.14 (cli) (built: Jun 14 2012 11:49:39) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies


Test script:
---------------
<?php
class UberSimpleXML extends SimpleXMLElement {
        public function __toString() {
                return 'stringification';
        }
}

$xml = new UberSimpleXML('<xml/>');
$xml->tag = "you're it!";

echo "\nno cast\n";
echo $xml;
echo "\ncast\n";
echo (string) $xml;
echo "\nexplicit call\n";
echo $xml->__toString();
echo "\n";
var_dump((string) $xml);
var_dump($xml->__toString());


Expected result:
----------------
no cast
stringification
cast

explicit call
stringification
string(0) ""
string(15) "stringification"


Actual result:
--------------
no cast
stringification
cast
stringification
explicit call
stringification
string(15) "stringification"
string(15) "stringification"


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Fixed in SVN:                        
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=fixed
Fixed in SVN and need be documented: 
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=needdocs
Fixed in release:                    
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:                      
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:               
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=needscript
Try newer version:                   
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:                 
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=support
Expected behavior:                   
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=notwrong
Not enough info:                     
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:                     
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:                    
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued:          
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=php4
Daylight Savings:                    https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=dst
IIS Stability:                       
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:                     
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:          
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=float
No Zend Extensions:                  
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:           
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62328&r=mysqlcfg

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