$page->template VS $page->template->name

[PWaddict]

Is there any difference between these? Aren't they doing exactly the same thing?

if($page->template == 'admin') return;
if($page->template->name == 'admin') return;

 

[horst]

it depends on the context. If OutputFormatting is off, $page->template returns the object, if OutputFormatting is on, it returns only the name.

[LostKobrakai]

3 hours ago, horst said:

If OutputFormatting is off, $page->template returns the object, if OutputFormatting is on, it returns only the name.

Are you sure? I'd expect it to always return the object. It's just that the object implements __toString with it's name, so it's casted to a string if needed.

@PWaddict With == it's doing the same thing, because __toString returns the name of the template, but if you'd use === they would no longer have the same result.

[adrian]

I think this shows it pretty clearly:

echo'ing triggers the __toString() method, but dumping returns the object.

[horst]

13 hours ago, LostKobrakai said:

Are you sure? I'd expect it to always return the object. It's just that the object implements __toString with it's name, so it's casted to a string if needed.

Surely you are right. My explanation lacks correctness, as I implied a string conversion, derived from the example pwaddict has given.

Thanks for chimimg in and corecct this. ?