On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Nathan Rixham <nrixham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Richard Heyes wrote:
>
>> I'm a french student, sorry for my mail :
>>>
>>> I want to know how can I type my functions' arguments ?
>>>
>>> It is heavy to do :
>>> function post($id)
>>> {
>>> $id=(int)$id;
>>> //...
>>>
>>
>> PHP is loosely typed so strictly (...) speaking, that would be fine.
>> However, you're best off making sure that what you've been given is
>> what you think it is. Ergo, what you've written, is what I would do.
>>
>> or tu put (int) before each use...
>>>
>>
>> Not necessary to put it there for each use, just the first.
>>
>>
> also worth noting that you can type-hint as long as the type you're hinting
> is an object and not a primitive:
>
> function post(SomeObject $obj)
> {
> // php will effectively throw a catchable fatal error if
> // $obj is not an instance of SomeObject
> }
>
> sadly you can't:
>
> function post(int $number)
> {
> // doesn't work for primitives
> // but then php has limited primitive types :(
> }
however, type-hinting does support arrays
function alterArr(array $a) { #.. }
-nathan
