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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:14:19 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] Followup Improvements for ext/uri
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From: juris@glaive.pro (Juris Evertovskis)

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On 2025-12-16 09:53, ignace nyamagana butera wrote:

> Since we will be dealing with arrays the following rules could be 
> updated when parsing the string using PHP behaviour:
> 
> * "&a" should be converted to ['a' => null]

Hey Ignace,

In practice valueless arguments like `?debug` are most often "flags" or 
"booleans" and their presence implies truthiness.

Do you think it would be wrong or confusing to have it converted to 
`['debug' => true]`?

I'm worried that `['a' => null]` would not be that handy since both 
`$params['a']` and `isset($params['a'])` would return falsy which would 
likely be opposite to the intended value.

BR,
Juris
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<p id=3D"reply-intro">On 2025-12-16 09:53, ignace nyamagana butera wrote:</=
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<div>Since we will be dealing with arrays the following rules could be upda=
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ipsis;"><span style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: monospace;">"&amp;a"</s=
pan><span style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: Fira Sans, Source Sans Pro,=
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pan style=3D"color: #333333; font-family: monospace;">['a' =3D&gt; null]</s=
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<p>Hey Ignace,</p>
<p>In practice valueless arguments like `?debug` are most often "flags" or =
"booleans" and their presence implies truthiness.</p>
<p>Do you think it would be wrong or confusing to have it converted to `['d=
ebug' =3D&gt; true]`?</p>
<p>I'm worried that `['a' =3D&gt; null]` would not be that handy since both=
 `$params['a']` and `isset($params['a'])` would return falsy which would li=
kely be opposite to the intended value.</p>
<p>BR,<br />Juris</p>

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