Bug #81054 [NEW]: abs on string fatal error

From: alienmega at protonmail dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: 8.0.6 Package: *Math Functions Bug Type: Bug Bug description:abs on string fatal error Description: ------------ According to php.net abs ( mixed $number ) : int|float mixed is equivalent to the union type array|bool|callable|int|float |object|resource|string|null . Available as of PHP 8.0.0. So abs should take a string. Instead we get a fatal error Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: abs(): Argument #1 ($num) must be of type int|float, string Test script: --------------- abs(''); Expected result: ---------------- 0 Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: abs(): Argument #1 ($num) must be of type int|float, string -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81054&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=81054&r=mysqlcfg