Use Stringable interface where possible

Created on 13 March 2024, over 1 year ago

Problem/Motivation

There are many Drupal classes which have a ::toString() method but do not implement the PHP Stringable interface. It would be useful if these implemented Stringable.

Proposed resolution

For each class with a ::toString() method, add a ::__toString() method, deprecate the former in favour of the latter, and declare that the class implements Stringable.

Remaining tasks

Agree on this change. Implement.

User interface changes

None.

API changes

Rename of method.

Data model changes

None.

Release notes snippet

✨ Feature request

Status

Active

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

Base →

Last updated about 2 hours ago

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Created by

🇨🇦Canada Liam Morland Ontario, CA 🇨🇦

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Comments & Activities

Issue created by @Liam Morland
Status changed to Closed: duplicate 12 days ago2:01pm 11 August 2025
Comment 12 days ago →
🇬🇧United Kingdom catch
I think this is a duplicate of 🌱 Change type hints from string|MarkupInterface to string|Stringable Active
Comment 12 days ago →
🇨🇦Canada Liam Morland Ontario, CA 🇨🇦
This is related but not a duplicate. The other issue involves changing type declarations, but not adding ::__toString() methods.

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