Bug #70833 [NEW]: Scalar type hinting works with bool but not with boolean

From: Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:24:30 +0000
Subject: Bug #70833 [NEW]: Scalar type hinting works with bool but not with boolean
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From:             sam at rmcreative dot ru
Operating system: Any
PHP version:      7.0.0RC6
Package:          Scripting Engine problem
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:Scalar type hinting works with bool but not with boolean

Description:
------------
You can cast to boolean using either (bool)$var or (boolean)$var. In
scalar type hints currently only bool could be used which is
inconsistent.

Test script:
---------------
<?php
$boolean = 1;
$boolean = (boolean) $boolean;


function dump_boolean(boolean $var)
{
    var_dump($var);
}

dump_boolean($boolean);

// https://3v4l.org/Cdtoe

Expected result:
----------------
I'd expect both boolean and bool work as scalar type hint because both
work well for type casting.

Actual result:
--------------
https://3v4l.org/egb59

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Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70833&edit=1
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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4):   https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=trysnapshot54
Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5):   https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=trysnapshot55
Try a snapshot (trunk):     https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=trysnapshottrunk
Fixed in SVN:               https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=fixed
Fixed in release:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:      https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=needscript
Try newer version:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=support
Expected behavior:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=php4
Daylight Savings:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=dst
IIS Stability:              https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=float
No Zend Extensions:         https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70833&r=mysqlcfg

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