Doc #71053 [NEW]: Type Hint about DateTime::diff does not match with informed

From: gabriel dot heming at hotmail dot com Operating system: Debian 8.2 PHP version: 7.0.0 Package: SPL related Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Type Hint about DateTime::diff does not match with informed Description: ------------ The second parameter (or third one) of method DateTime::diff must be a bool (as described in php documentation). AS can see below http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php Object oriented style: public DateInterval DateTime::diff ( DateTimeInterface $datetime2 [, bool $absolute = false ] ); public DateInterval DateTimeImmutable::diff ( DateTimeInterface $datetime2 [, bool $absolute = false ] ); public DateInterval DateTimeInterface::diff ( DateTimeInterface $datetime2 [, bool $absolute = false ] ); Test script: --------------- <?php declare(strict_types=1); $date1 = clone $date2 = new \DateTime(); var_dump($date1->diff($date2 , true)); Expected result: ---------------- object(DateInterval)#3 (15) { ["y"]=> int(0) ["m"]=> int(0) ["d"]=> int(0) ["h"]=> int(0) ["i"]=> int(0) ["s"]=> int(0) ["weekday"]=> int(0) ["weekday_behavior"]=> int(0) ["first_last_day_of"]=> int(0) ["invert"]=> int(0) ["days"]=> int(0) ["special_type"]=> int(0) ["special_amount"]=> int(0) ["have_weekday_relative"]=> int(0) ["have_special_relative"]=> int(0) } Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: DateTime::diff() expects parameter 2 to be integer, boolean given in /code/3uk3Qo:6 Stack trace: #0 /code/3uk3Qo(6): DateTime->diff(Object(DateTime), true) #1 {main} thrown in /code/3uk3Qo on line 6 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71053&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71053&r=mysqlcfg