[php-src] Issue #11485: null default-value parameter before required parameter is silently ignored
| From: | syranide | Date: | Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:06:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | [php-src] Issue #11485: null default-value parameter before required parameter is silently ignored | ||
| Groups: | php.bugs | ||
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Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/11485
Author: syranide
### Description
The following code:
```php
<?php
function foobar(
string|null $a = null,
string $b
) {}
foobar(b: "x");
```
Resulted in this output:
```
Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: foobar(): Argument #1 ($a) not passed in
/home/user/scripts/code.php:3
```
But I expected this error instead:
```
Deprecated: Optional parameter $a declared before required parameter $b is implicitly treated as a
required parameter
```
To explain; $a does not end up being optional, and if you perform reflection on the property, it
does not have a default-value. So PHP is silently ignoring the user-specified behavior. While it
seems that PHP considers having optional properties in-front of required properties as invalid, it
should at least issue a warning instead of silently changing expectations. If you put a string as
default-value instead, it will emit the above depreciation notice.
### PHP Version
PHP 8.2.7
### Operating System
_No response_