note 103457 added to intro.spl-types

Please note, there is a fully implemented strong typing in PHP. It's fully described in this article: http://php.webtutor.pl/?p=810 How does it work? You have to import one PHP library to your existing projects, and create some classes, in which the scalar values will be automatically wrapped by an autoboxing mechanism known from Java, like so: class String extends AutoBoxedObject { public $value; public function __construct($value) { $this->value = $value; } public function __toString() { return "$this->value"; } public function toUpperCase() { return strtoupper($this->value); } } function & string($value = null) { $x = & VariablesManager::getNewPointer(new String($value)); return $x; } From now on you can declare the type of data in your variables, and validate their values, if they are correct: $y = & string("aaa"); // lets check, that $y is an object var_dump($y); // now we are overwritting $y variable with a scalar value of "zzz" $y = "zzz"; // var_dump() shows us, that "zzz" is still an object, not the scalar type as in regular PHP var_dump($y); // the line below should raise a fatal error, because "zzz" was a scalar type (string), but it will be ok, because $y is still an object (thanks to autoboxing) var_dump($y->toUpperCase()); Now, the output is: object(String)#1 (2) { ["value"]=> string(3) "aaa" ["ref":protected]=> int(1) } object(String)#2 (2) { ["value"]=> string(3) "zzz" ["ref":protected]=> int(1) } string(3) "ZZZ" As you can see, PHP can be as good as Java or C#:) ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 212.76.32.115 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.spl-types.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/103457 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103457/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103457/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103457/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103457/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103457/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103457/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103457 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/103457 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php