On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 01:09:42PM +0300, Arvids Godjuks wrote:
> PHP does not need a type hinting system forces you to first make a
No one is 'forcing' anything. You use it where it is appropriate; that does not
mean everywhere - there are plenty of places where I would not want to use it.
> P.S. And on that "var integer $variable" in methods/functions. People, when
> you have internal functions returning null|array, bool|array and so on -
> this is pointless.
In that case you would declare "var $variable" to receive the value from such a
function.
The point of the use of "var" is to ensure that variables are declared before
use.
There is a whole set of errors that can be eliminated by this -- typeos where
you assign to the 'wrong' variable.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8023959/why-use-strict-and-warnings
"var integer $variable" has a use where do you know they type, eg you got it
from the typed function arguments.
As with all of this: if you don't find it then don't use it, leave it for those
who do understand the benefits.
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