> Le 5 oct. 2022 à 19:53, Eugene Sidelnyk <zsidel...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > I used to have an awkward feeling when it was necessary to convert the > nullable integer into a nullable string. It would be kind of ternary operator > anyway. Either `$b = (null !== $a) ? (string)$a : null;` or `$b = (string)$a > ?: null;`. > > A lot easier to read would it be if written this way: `$b = (?string)$a;`. > The intentions are clear when doing explicit type-cast. > > Currently, I don't see any other situations when this feature may be useful > > > Thank you
There has been some discussion and interest around nullable casting (which, contrarily to union type casting, has only one possible and obvious semantics), see https://wiki.php.net/rfc/nullable-casting <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/nullable-casting> and the two discussion threads linked in the bottom of the page. However, the RFC seems to be inactive for now, —Claude
