function test_error_handler($err_no, $err_msg, $filename, $linenum, $vars) { if (error_reporting() != 0) { // report non-silenced errors echo "Error: $err_no - $err_msg, $filename($linenum)\n"; } } set_error_handler('test_error_handler'); class classWithToString { public function __toString() { return "Class A object"; } } class classWithoutToString { } $variation_array = array( 'instance of classWithToString' => new classWithToString(), 'instance of classWithoutToString' => new classWithoutToString(), );