PHP Scalar Type Declarations - Learn about PHP scalar type declarations to enforce data types in your functions and improve code quality. Explore examples and best practices.
The problem of potential data loss due to type juggling was fixed in PHP 7 with scalar type declarations . EXAMPLE 1.1 (PHP5) < ?php $a='x'; // string $b=2; //integer function FunctionName ($a, $b){ return $a * $b; } echo FunctionName ($a, $b); ?> R...
Type declarations are what allows the function to require certain types of parameters at call time. There are two types Scalar type declarations: one is coercive or you can say it default and other is strict.Post navigation Previous PostCould not open a connection to your authentication agent....
… and numeric scalar + strict return type rules (#6113) * make use of findReturnsScoped() * drop closure * Make StringReturnTypeFromStrictScalarReturnsRector return only strict native string values * [type-declarations] Add StringReturnTypeFromStrictStringReturnsRector to handle non-scalar string...