[php-src] Issue #8355: char CData can't be directly assigned a number
| From: | bwoebi | Date: | Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:58:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | [php-src] Issue #8355: char CData can't be directly assigned a number | ||
| Groups: | php.bugs | ||
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Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/8355
Author: bwoebi
### Description
The following code:
```php
<?php
$v = FFI::new("char[2]");
$v[0] = 65;
var_dump($v);
```
Resulted in this output:
```
Fatal error: Uncaught FFI\Exception: Incompatible types when assigning to type 'char' from
PHP 'int' in Command line code:1
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
thrown in Command line code on line 1
```
But I expected this output instead:
```
object(FFI\CData:char[2])#1 (2) {
[0]=>
string(1) "A"
[1]=>
string(1) ""
}
```
It's somewhat weird to have to type cast around, i.e. I could just do a FFI::cast to
uint8_t * and it works. But for some reason, char is special. Seems like
an arbitrary restriction to me, and it really should accept both.
### PHP Version
master
### Operating System
_No response_