I was asking myself if there was a good reason this syntax not to work class string_extented{ function __construct($str){ $this->contents=$str; } function __toString(){ return $this->contents; } } //that's working fine $test= new string_extended("this is my anonymous string"); echo $test; /that's not working, but should'nt it be the case ? $test = (string_extended) "This is my anonymous string"; echo $test; I'll find this very usefull :x, it's just a syntax ehancement nope ? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php