From b52087105c72abee4fea8b5e57942767e7318d38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CheeseSucker <cheesesucker@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:11:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] FIX: ViewableData::obj() would sometimes return an empty
 object

For instance, this happens when these criteria are met:
  1) No casting has been specified for a method in $casting.
  2) A template accesses the field without any casting
  3) Any casts by the template will now yield an empty object.

After a brief look at the commit history, it can seem like this bug is several years old, unless it is a side-effect of other changes in the code.

== Steps to reproduce ==
Add two methods to be accessed by a template. Make sure you do not define an entry in $casting for them:
	public function Testus() {
		return "Te<x>t1";
	}

	public function Testus2() {
		return "Te<x>t2";
	}

Add this to a template:
	<p>
		First access:<br />
		"$Testus" : "$Testus.XML"<br />
		"$Testus2.XML" : "$Testus2"<br />
	</p>
	<p>
		Second access:<br />
		"$Testus" : "$Testus.XML"<br />
		"$Testus2.XML" : "$Testus2"<br />
	</p>

Open the page in a browser, and you will get:
 First access:
"Tet1" : ""
"Te<x>t2" : "Tet2"

Second access:
"Tet1" : ""
"" : "Tet2"

We see that any cast can yield an empty string.
---
 view/ViewableData.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/view/ViewableData.php b/view/ViewableData.php
index dc428d24f..7a6cf5b4c 100644
--- a/view/ViewableData.php
+++ b/view/ViewableData.php
@@ -383,7 +383,9 @@ class ViewableData extends Object implements IteratorAggregate {
 		
 		if(!is_object($value) && $forceReturnedObject) {
 			$default = Config::inst()->get('ViewableData', 'default_cast', Config::FIRST_SET);
-			$value   = new $default($fieldName);
+			$castedValue = new $default($fieldName);
+			$castedValue->setValue($value);
+			$value = $castedValue;
 		}
 		
 		return $value;