[PHP-DEV] PHP 8.0.14 RC1 Ready for testing

PHP 8.0.14RC1 has just been released and can be downloaded from: https://downloads.php.net/~pollita/ Or use the git tag: php-8.0.14RC1 Windows binaries are available at https://windows.php.net/qa#php-8.0 Please test it carefully, and report any bugs in the bug system: https://bugs.php.net. Has

Re: [PHP-DEV] Allowing NULL for some internal functions

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 10:20 PM Sara Golemon wrote: I'm not hard against this idea. The interpretation of null in these > contexts as being equivalent to empty string isn't unreasonable. I guess > the only objection I could have would be an academic one and I can't really > defend that. So yeah,

Re: [PHP-DEV] Allowing NULL for some internal functions

On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 15:19, Sara Golemon wrote: > I'm not hard against this idea. The interpretation of null in these > contexts as being equivalent to empty string isn't unreasonable. I guess > the only objection I could have would be an academic one and I can't really > defend that. So yeah

Re: [PHP-DEV] Allowing NULL for some internal functions

Am 02.12.2021 um 16:19 schrieb Sara Golemon : > I would say that such applications should consider unifying their own > types. $a = $_GET['q'] ?? ''; Is there a place in the application where > empty string and null would have been distinct? i.e. Is a search for > nothing different from not sear

[PHP-DEV] PHP 7.4.27RC1 is available for testing

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Re: [PHP-DEV] Allowing NULL for some internal functions

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 8:48 AM Craig Francis wrote: > On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 at 16:47, Sara Golemon wrote: > > > I'm not saying send PRs to fix them all... Let's make PHP better, > > together. > > > > On a similar theme, trying to avoid too much work for developers upgrading > to later versions of

[PHP-DEV] Allowing NULL for some internal functions

On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 at 16:47, Sara Golemon wrote: > I'm not saying send PRs to fix them all... Let's make PHP better, > together. On a similar theme, trying to avoid too much work for developers upgrading to later versions of PHP. Is there any value in me proposing an RFC to update *some* in

Re: [PHP-DEV] Automatic performance benchmarking: PHP 8.1 is ~30% faster than PHP 7.4

Le jeu. 25 nov. 2021 à 19:17, Máté Kocsis a écrit : > > Sorry Folks, but I have to provide some update about the results: > > Unfortunately, due to a silly bug in my calculator code, the % differences > in the benchmark results were slightly off from their real values, so I > have just retroactive