[RESOLVED] Object to string conversion error

php_dev

Hello,

I have written a function where one of the parameters passed in is an object. This object is responsible for my database communication. When testing, I ran into the following error:

Catchable fatal error: Object of class db_object could not be converted to string

After some research I have noticed that many people blame this on their version of PHP, which is the same as mine (ver 5.2.6)

A function very similar to this is already live on the site and working properly. Has anyone run into this error, and have a workaround for it.

Thanks
php_dev

Weedpacket

Declare a __toString() method in the class db_object; if you want to turn an object into a string you have to explain how.

If you don't want to turn the object into a string then the function you wrote is broken somewhere.

php_dev

I am not trying to convert the object to string. I am passing the object into the function because the function needs to interact with the database. It's probably something in my function, but what in the function could be causing this error? The only thing I can think of is that I might have referenced the object but not as a string? I checked the code and couldn't see that.

What else could be broken that might emit this error?

laserlight

Well, it sounds like that function is the one that is trying to convert the object to string.

php_dev

Indeed it was. My mistake, one function call had the parameters out of order, and the object was trying to be read as a string. Thank you all for the help!