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To: Andreas Leathley <a.leathley@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Passing null to parameter
From: craig@craigfrancis.co.uk (Craig Francis)

On 10 Nov 2023, at 12:16, Andreas Leathley <a.leathley@gmx.net> wrote:
> Also note that in your example $q could be an array (leading to a =
fatal error in the code)from the request data, which is why checking =
types thoroughly (not just coercing them with strval) can be helpful in =
avoiding unexpected situations and deciding how to handle such =
situations, instead of yolo-ing it.

Yep, and I completely agree, but I'm not focusing on my code, I'm =
looking at the code the vast majority of developers write... and I do =
not want PHP 9 to be so difficult to use that people stay on PHP 8 =
forever.

Craig