Re: Re: Resource typehint and return type

Hi! > The reason for this is that the resource type is an anachronism from an > age in which PHP did not have objects, yet still needed to make certain > types of data opaque. The resource type is a type that exists only to I think more specific reason is not that resource type is outdated, but that resource is not really a type - it's a collection of types. Mysql connection is a resource, and file is a resource, but they are certainly not interchangeable. So typing a value as "resource" would not achieve you much. -- Stas Malyshev smalyshev@gmail.com