overload print or echo?

[david8787]

In C++ there is a way to overload the cout so you wouldn't have to call some method to print all the variables in some object. Is there a way to do this in php?

e.g. print myObject;

This would then output in a format I defined in a print method of myObject.

[NogDog]

Not sure if this is what you are after, but perhaps the __toString() "magic" method?

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php#language.oop5.magic.tostring

[david8787]

Exactly what I'm looking for thanks.

[sharad_impinge]

You can also use
echo "<pre>";
print(myObject);

[sharad_impinge]

sorry, it is
print_r(myObject);