Req #79061 [NEW]: Nullable type casting

From: karolis dot bartkus at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Next Major Version Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Nullable type casting Description: ------------ Currently the type casts allowed are: (int), (bool), (string), etc. It would be very convenient to have their nullable counterparts, i.e.: (?int), (?bool), (?string), etc. Generally speaking the idea is to be able to do this: $nullable_int = (?int) $nullable_string; which would be an equivalent of this: $nullable_int = is_null($nullable_string) ? null : (int) $nullable_string; -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79061&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=79061&r=mysqlcfg