Bug #76311 [NEW]: _destruct should permit "void" as return type

From: Andy_Schmidt at HM-Software dot com Operating system: PHP version: 7.2.5 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Bug Bug description:_destruct should permit "void" as return type Description: ------------ According to PHP's manual: http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.decon.php the signature of the __destruct method is: void __destruct ( void ) Consequently, the following syntax would be correct for 7.2, now that a "void" type hint is available: function __destruct(): void {} Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Destructor __destruct() cannot declare a return type -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76311&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76311&r=mysqlcfg