From: corey at eyewantmedia dot com Operating system: winXP Pro PHP version: 5.0.0 PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Bug description: Primitive types not allowed in type hinting of function arguments
Description: ------------ The problem is that you can't type hint a primitive type in a function declaration and use the function with a primitive type. No primitive types work, so every function (to be safe) has to do some sort of if(is_int($x)) { // do stuff } else { die("Must be an int!"); } Since php scalars are so loosely typed, it seems like it would be good practice to require a specific type of argument when the logic contained in the function demands a specific type of variable. It saves TONS of code. I am running the default compile of 5.0 for windows, with mysqli, curl, and mcrypt enabled. I have all errors printing since this is in devlopment, but this bug is a fatal error so I think it would print out anyway. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php Class Test { private $i; private $d; private $s; private $b; public function SetI(int $x) { $this->i = $x; } public function SetD(double $x) { $this->d = $x; } public function SetS(int $x) { $this->s = $x; } public function SetB(int $x) { $this->b = $x; } } $o = new Test(); $o->SetI(4); $o->SetD(4.65); $o->SetS("yay"); $o->SetB(false); ?> Expected result: ---------------- I expect $o->SetI(4) to accept 4 since 4 is an int (and is_int(4) returns true), $o->SetD(4.65) to accept 4.65 since it is a double, $o->SetS("yay") to accept "yay" since it is a string, and $o->SetB(false) to accept false, since it is a bool. Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Argument 1 must be an object of class [int, string, double, bool] in test.php on line X -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29508&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29508&r=float