Merge pull request #2837 from cakephp/3.0-entity-pretty-print

3.0 entity pretty print
cakephp · Feb 16, 2014 · bc5e137 · bc5e137
2 parents 03e6627 + 70c7510
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diff --git a/src/ORM/Entity.php b/src/ORM/Entity.php
@@ -703,4 +703,13 @@ public function accessible($property, $set = null) {
 		return $this;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Returns a string representation of this object in a humna readable format.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+	public function __toString() {
+		return json_encode($this, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/ORM/EntityTest.php b/tests/TestCase/ORM/EntityTest.php
@@ -986,4 +986,14 @@ public function testSetWithAccessibleSingleProperty() {
 		$this->assertEquals('Yes', $entity->body, 'Single set should bypass guards.');
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Tests the entity's __toString method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testToString() {
+		$entity = new Entity(['foo' => 1, 'bar' => 2]);
+		$this->assertEquals(json_encode($entity, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT), (string)$entity);
+	}
+
 }