Bug #71167 [Asn->Csd]: Missing documentation, that type declaration doesn't support aliases

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71167&edit=1 ID: 71167 Updated by: tpunt@php.net Reported by: daniel dot korner at tu-dortmund dot de Summary: Missing documentation, that type declaration doesn't support aliases -Status: Assigned +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: 7.0.1 Assigned To: tpunt Block user comment: N Private report: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-12-19 20:01:51] tpunt@php.net Resolved with commit: https://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=338328 I decided to make it a warning since I can see this being a common issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-12-19 20:00:26] tpunt@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of tpunt Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=338328 Log: Resolve doc bug #71167 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-12-19 11:33:32] daniel dot korner at tu-dortmund dot de Description: ------------ Just recently I found out that type declaration does not support aliases[1]. This is a piece of information that is currently missing in the documentation[2]. Therefore, I propose to add this information to the documentation. Maybe together with my test script and a detailed explanation of what the error means. [1] http://marc.info/?l=php-general&m=145030898711430&w=2 [2] http://php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php#functions.arguments.type-declaration Test script: --------------- <?php function bar(boolean $foo): boolean{return $foo;} var_dump(bar((bool)true)); ?> Expected result: ---------------- bool(true) Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to bar() must be an instance of boolean, boolean given, called in ./example4.php:2 Stack trace: #0 ./example4.php(3): bar(true) #1 {main} thrown in ./example4.php on line 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71167&edit=1