As asked above, are we still required to put declare(strict_types=1) in the header of every single program in our projects in PHP 8.1?
I'd love for it to be just strict all the time.
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2PHP 8.1 does not have strict types always on, you still need the declaration if you want it. – Alex Howansky Feb 13 '22 at 02:21
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1Nikita Popov made a proposal in 2016 ([PHP RFC: Namespace-scoped declares](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespace_scoped_declares)) but I think it didn't get past the discussion phase. – Álvaro González Feb 13 '22 at 12:01
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1Well, here is hoping it comes soon. – Kladskull Feb 13 '22 at 15:48
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1Why not try it out and see what happens? – Nico Haase Jul 15 '22 at 11:56
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Yes! Tested with PHP 8.1.7 there is still a difference.
See this question to understand what the strict types do.
New in PHP 8.1: when a float value is coerced to an int value implicitly, like in the example from the other question, a deprecation notice is triggered:
PHP Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.4 to int loses precision. More details
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