Re: NULL Coercion Consistency

On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 at 18:54, Mel Dafert <mel@dafert.at> wrote: > In particular, does this propose changing user-defined functions under > strict_types=0 to accept null for scalar types? > > Eg., this will be allowed (under strict_types=0): > ``` > function x(string $y, int $z) { > ... > } > x(null, null); //no error, no warning > ``` > tbh my focus has been on the problems that have come up with internal functions. With user defined functions, I think it's up for debate (still a draft), but I think those NULL's should be coerced to the specified type (as documented), where I don't think PHP should be doing type checking under strict_types=0. Craig