Re: Is it a good idea to have a "strict" mode?

Hi Cesar, On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:16 PM, César Rodas <cesar@rodas.me> wrote: > I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to have a strict > mode in PHP. > Many language have them and it is a good idea. > > I think it should be a bit different in PHP, it should encourage the > following things: > > - Avoid deprecated things, it should throw an exception. > - Avoid explicit conversions of undefined constants to strings. > - Anything else that could make run-time slower *or* bad practice. > > ```php > "use strict"; > > var_dump(FOOBAR); // should throw an exception, undefined constant. > ``` > We have error_reporting INI for this purpose. Users may be strict or lazy for errors by the INI setting. Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohgaki@ohgaki.net