(PHP 8)
The Stringable interface denotes a class as having a __toString() method. Unlike most interfaces, Stringable is implicitly present on any class that has the magic __toString() method defined, although it can and should be declared explicitly.
    Its primary value is to allow functions to type check against the union
    type string|Stringable to accept either a string primitive
    or an object that can be cast to a string.
   
示例 #1 Basic Stringable Usage
<?php
class IPv4Address implements Stringable {
    private string $oct1;
    private string $oct2;
    private string $oct3;
    private string $oct4;
    public function __construct(string $oct1, string $oct2, string $oct3, string $oct4) {
        $this->oct1 = $oct1;
        $this->oct2 = $oct2;
        $this->oct3 = $oct3;
        $this->oct4 = $oct4;
    }
    public function __toString(): string {
        return "$this->oct1.$this->oct2.$this->oct3.$this->oct4";
    }
}
function showStuff(string|Stringable $value) {
    // A Stringable will get converted to a string here by calling
    // __toString.
    print $value;
}
$ip = new IPv4Address('123', '234', '42', '9');
showStuff($ip);
?>
以上例程的输出类似于:
123.234.42.9