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Hello, >> typing into PHP, even if it is optional. Passing $_REQUEST['age'] to a >> > that $_REQUEST['age'] has been checked for numeric before the functio would you please not use $_REQUEST in any of your examples? $_REQUEST is one of the biggest design weaknesses in PHP. Every application using $_REQUEST is most probably vulnerable to Delayed Cross Site Request Forgery problems. (This basically means if e.g. a cookie named (age) exists it will always overwrite the GET/POST content and therefore unwanted requests will be performed) And well... This thread continues without a single valid (!= personal opinion) reason why type hinting should NOT be introduced. BTW accepting the string '1' where an (int) type hint is placed would be the next stupid design decision. Yours, Stefan Esser