Req #81177 [Com]: Typehint parameter is ignored when passing NULL directly. Is it correct?

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81177&edit=1 ID: 81177 Comment by: 6562680 at gmail dot com Reported by: 6562680 at gmail dot com Summary: Typehint parameter is ignored when passing NULL directly. Is it correct? Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Filter related Operating System: Win10 PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: There is one problem with "section 2" way - PHPStorm wont highlight the function has "default value" Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-06-19 18:49:43] 6562680 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Usually it happens when another function pass its result to current, and it causes script to work another way than request. 1) If use just "$a" - it will fail is i didnt pass the argument 2) If use "int $a" - it will fail if argument is not an integer 3) If use "$a = 123" - if wont fail and if i DIDNT PASS argument - it will be 123, but i still can pass NULL and no fail there - seems correct, but logically NULL = undefined there. 4) If i use typehint "int $a = 123" - it will throw error if i pass NULL... What, i want 123 if i pass the null. 5) Ask my devs to ensure strict_types and rewrite all the project. Or just believe that "speakers" (they aren't coders i think) who just cry "use everywhere strict_types", and then solve that damn question marks in types... For string its more complicated - empty string is string too... Thank god we havent one more type = "undefined", in my 10 years practice that stuff was needed maybe... 2-3 times for functions that could return anything/mixed. There's not only manual code, some variable could contain NULL too. Currently i solve it like "section 2" in script textarea below. It allows "undefined" means - passed NULL or undefined, and controls integers. So on Once i had just heared "You should use Classes instead of primitives all the time" and "strong-typed languages better than your php", i dont want to believe, but seems i should... Test script: --------------- // section 1 function hello($a = 123) { var_dump($a); // NULL } $a = null; hello($a); // section 2 function hello(int $a = null) { $a = $a ?? 123; var_dump($a); // 123 } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81177&edit=1