Re: type hinting
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:51:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: type hinting | ||
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On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 11:20 -0800, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
> > Ok but if someone inputs an array in the query string i have a problem
>
> Which problem? OK, you'd have string "Array" instead once you handle it.
> If it's a problem, then having "Array" from the start is a problem too.
>
> > with that. And I said standardized way, ie bool true outputs as "1",
> > float 5.20 outputs as "5.2". For objects, toString is a standardized
> > output but serialization is not, and for arrays no standardized output
> > exists.
>
> Object serialization is very standardized, it has proper handlers, etc.
> As for outputting arrays, indeed, 'Array' is not very meaningful, but
> would "Incompatible type is call in function foo() /foo/bar.php line
> 123" be better?
I'd prefer that than have garbage in the database.
Cheers,
Rob.
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