On Mon, Jul 7, 2025, at 11:54, Claude Pache wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There is already a built-in function for that very purpose, namely
> `settype()`, see:
>
> https://www.php.net/settype
>
>
> —Claude
Thanks, Claude. Over twenty years of PHP development and I didn't know that
function exists (or I
On Mon, Jul 7, 2025, at 10:46, Rob Landers wrote:
> This is basically how non-strict mode works; there's no need for a cast. (I
> very rarely
> use strict mode, so I was a little confused on why you'd ever want to do this)
I always code in strict mode, so I find myself having to cast variables qu
On Mon, Jul 7, 2025, at 10:47, Alexandru Pătrănescu wrote:
>
> You need to use a slightly different syntax, maybe `(float)&$price;` that is
> an error now.
Apologies; I missed the ampersand in my example solution.
Hello, I'm Joseph, or Seph for short. I'm a long time listener, but a
first-time caller. I've had an idea rattling around in my noggin for a while
that I'd like your feedback on:
As a developer, I would like to have variables of one type cast to another
type automatically so that I do not need
