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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:12:58 +0700
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Deprecate Fuzzy Type Casts and Allow Stringable
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To: Rob Landers <rob@bottled.codes>
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From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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Hi Rob,




On Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 4:41=E2=80=AFPM Rob

>
> That being said, I think the more proper solution is to simply remove
> strict mode instead of making casts stricter.
>

Why I use "strong" and not strict. no cast magic, new operators for
explicit cast as type, etc.

everything else pretty much ends as less "magic" and does not remove the
issues. Php was great in the early days, get some numerical string, do some
math's, response and everyone was happy to get things done in a few lines
of code. That time is somehow over (can still be done but not without some
sanity first  :)

best,
--
Pierre

@pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><div>Hi=C2=A0Rob,=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><br><br>=
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 4:41=E2=80=AFPM Rob=C2=A0</div><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc=
 solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><br></div><div>That being said, I think =
the more proper solution is to simply remove strict mode instead of making =
casts stricter.</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><=
/div><div dir=3D"auto">Why I use &quot;strong&quot; and not strict. no cast=
 magic, new operators for explicit cast as type, etc.</div><div dir=3D"auto=
"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">everything else pretty much ends as less &quo=
t;magic&quot; and does not remove the issues. Php was great in the early da=
ys, get some numerical string, do some math&#39;s, response and everyone wa=
s happy to get things done in a few lines of code. That time is somehow ove=
r (can still be done but not without some sanity first=C2=A0 :)</div><div d=
ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">best,</div><div dir=3D"auto">--</di=
v><div dir=3D"auto">Pierre</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"aut=
o">@pierrejoye | <a href=3D"http://www.libgd.org">http://www.libgd.org</a><=
/div><div dir=3D"auto"></div></div>

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