Req #63418 [Com]: intval/strval pass-by-reference

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63418&edit=1 ID: 63418 Comment by: mail+php at requinix dot net Reported by: ilyane at list dot ru Summary: intval/strval pass-by-reference Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: Any PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Call-time pass-by-reference has been explicitly removed from 5.4 and had a warning in 5.3. You should not be using it at all. If you don't want an assignment then use typecasting: var_dump( (int)$var ) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-11-02 08:03:14] ilyane at list dot ru Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.intval --- Why not to add pass-by-reference option? That would be such a beautiful thing: intval(&$var); strval(&$var); and so on... Test script: --------------- $var = "123"; intval(&$var); var_dump($var); //int(123) Expected result: ---------------- int(123) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63418&edit=1