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@ 2017-02-03T15:54:44Z

<?php

class Thing
{
    public function __call($name, $params)
    {
        return 'foo';
    }
}

function can_be_string($var) {
    return $var === null || is_scalar($var) || is_callable([$var, '__toString']);
}

$a = new Thing;

var_dump(can_be_string($a));

(string) $a;

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var_dump: documentation ( source)
is_callable: documentation ( source)

preferences:dark modelive preview

22.48 ms | 402 KiB | 5 Q