06.07.2017 09:43 "Niklas Keller" <m...@kelunik.com> napisał(a):
>
> Stephen Reay <php-li...@koalephant.com> schrieb am Do., 6. Juli 2017,
09:04:
>
> >
> > > On 6 Jul 2017, at 13:13, Khawer . <khaweronl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > In all major programming languages we access object properties and
> > methods
> > > using dot(.).
> > >
> > > C#:
> > > Abc Abc = new Abc();
> > > Abc.method();
> > >
> > > Java:
> > > Abc Abc = new Abc();
> > > Abc.method();
> > >
> > > JavaScript:
> > > var apple = new function() {
> > > this.name = "Test";
> > > }
> > > alert(apple.name());
> > >
> > >
> > > Why not to make PHP similar to these languages by allowing to access
> > object
> > > properties and methods using dot(.). We will still keep "->" until
PHP 8
> > to
> > > maintain backward compatibility.
> >
> > In each of those languages, the plus operator is used for string
> > concatenation.
> >
> > In PHP the dot operator is used for string concatenation, and objects
can
> > be cast to strings when concatenating, so how do you differentiate the
two
> > calls at the end of this block:
> >
> > class Bar {
> > public function baz() {…}
> >
> > public function __toString(): string {...}
> > }
> >
> > function baz(): string {…}
> >
> > $foo = new Bar();
> > $foo.baz(); // call method Baz on object $foo
> > $foo.baz(); // concat the result of casting $foo to string, with the
> > result of calling baz()
> >
>
> Obviously by using plus for concatenation.
That would be huge BC break because plus on string which ale numerical is
adding numbers so result fir now would be sum. Not concatenated string.
>
> Regards, Niklas
>
> >
