RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Scalar Type Hints

> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrea Faulds [mailto:ajf@ajf.me] > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 10:28 PM > To: PHP Internals > Subject: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Scalar Type Hints > > Good evening, > > Parameter type hints for PHP’s scalar types are a long-requested feature > for > PHP. Today I am proposing an RFC which is a new attempt to add them to > the language. It is my hope that we can finally get this done for PHP 7. Andrea, I like this draft too, and that's a first after countless proposals over the last decade - so kudos! :) My main feedback here are the discrepancies between this RFC's casting rules and PHP's current built-in casting rules. Ideally, I'd like those to be completely identical and not almost-identical. Since we're talking about v7.0, we do have the option of making changes to PHP's fundamental casting rules where appropriate (e.g. converting an array to a string). But that said, I think the way strings->numbers are handled - where they accept only numeric strings as it would mean you can't use casting to an int/float as an ultra-simple way to sanitize untrusted input. I would change the † section from: †Non-numeric strings not accepted. Numeric strings with trailing characters are accepted, but produce a notice. to † Numeric strings with trailing characters and non-numeric strings are accepted, but produce a notice. - and apply it to both this RFC and the infrastructure convert_to_*(), so that it applies across the board in PHP. Zeev