Please note that the __toString() method is just an alias, as pointed out above, and that THAT method may return an array instead of a string. So in effect you might call a __toString() and expect a string, but instead receive an array.
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
SplFileObject::__toString — Returns the current line as a string
This method will return the current line as a string.
This function has no parameters.
Returns the current line as a string.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.1.14, 8.2.1 |
Changed from an alias of SplFileObject::fgets()
to an implementation of SplFileObject::current()
which returns a CSV string when the
SplFileObject::READ_CSV flag is set.
|
| 7.2.19, 7.3.6 | Changed from an alias of SplFileObject::current() to an alias of SplFileObject::fgets(). |