Catchable fatal error...

[android6011]

This is the code:

 

<?

// Instantiate a new COM client to iTunes
$iTunes = new COM('iTunes.Application');

// What's playing now?
$currentTrack = $iTunes->CurrentTrack;
$trackName = $currentTrack->Name;
$trackNumber = $currentTrack->TrackNumber;
$albumName = $currentTrack->Album;
$artistName = $currentTrack->Artist;

echo $currentTrack;

 

This is what I get:

 

 

Catchable fatal error: Object of class variant could not be converted to string in E:\xampp\htdocs\itunes.php on line 18

 

[jscix]

which line is. # 18?

[jscix]

I'm not positive what is causing your error; but I found this on php.net :::::::::::

 

 

 

As of (at least) PHP 5.2, you can no longer convert an object to a string unless it has a __toString method. Converting an object without this method now gives the error:

 

PHP Catchable fatal error:  Object of class <classname> could not be converted to string in <file> on line <line>

 

Try this code to get the same results as before:

 

<?php

 

if (!is_object($value) || method_exists($value, '__toString')) {

    $string = (string)$value;

} else {

    $string = 'Object';

}

 

?>

 

 

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Hope that helps.

[android6011]

how do i apply that to my current code though?

[jscix]

To be honest, I haven't coded anything like that,(OOP) yet.

 

But I can help you figure it out.  Which line is #18?

[android6011]

line 18 is echo $currentTrack;

[jscix]

What happens when you run this;

 

print ($iTunes->CurrentTrack);

[android6011]

i know why. i dont need to convert it. the variables below it work fine when i print them. thanks for the help

[jscix]

ah ok.  no problem, glad ya got it. I'm curious why you couldn't print $iTunes->CurrentTrack  Though..

 

It seems to just be an array. /shrug I'll look it up.

 

[per1os]

var_dump($iTunes->CurrentTrack);

 

Try that?