Re: [RFC] Deprecate Fuzzy Type Casts and Allow Stringable in Strict Mode

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026, at 4:48 AM, Alexandre Daubois wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Before going further with our already under discussion RFC about > nullable casts, Nicolas Grekas and I would like to present this new > RFC about deprecating fuzzy casts, and adding support for Stringable > in string parameters when using strict mode. > > RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-fuzzy-casts > > Thanks, > > — Alexandre Daubois 1. This really feels like two separate RFCs. I'd rather see them as two separate RFCs than one mixed RFC. 2. I tend to agree with other commenters that we should leave the existing casts alone, and instead add a new, more reasonable type conversion operators (for some definition of reasonable). 3. Unlike the other commenters, I am 100% in favor of allowing string to accept Stringable in strict mode. Strict mode basically broke Stringable, and that's been an annoyance for a long time. I know some feel that Stringable is always and forever a bad thing, amen, but I don't agree.. It has ample valid use cases, even if it can be abused. I want my Stringable objects back! :-) --Larry Garfield