Req #79061 [Com]: Nullable type casting

[email protected] ("[email protected]") Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:49:08 +0000
Newsgroups php.standards
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79061&edit=1

 ID:                 79061
 Comment by:         [email protected]
 Reported by:        karolis dot bartkus at gmail dot com
 Summary:            Nullable type casting
 Status:             Assigned
 Type:               Feature/Change Request
 Package:            PHP Language Specification
 PHP Version:        8
 Assigned To:        geekcom
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

Hi Karolis,

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Previous Comments:
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[2020-01-03 14:08:35] karolis dot bartkus at gmail dot com

Description:
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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;



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