Explicit/Strict PHP

[brendan6]

Ive always know php to have non-strict, non-explicit variables.  Is this correct or is there a smoother way of going about it?

[hostfreak]

You can set the type: <a href="http://php.net/settype">Settype</a>

Or cast it: <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.type-juggling.php#language.types.typecasting">Type Casting</a>

[cooldude832]

also cranking up error reporting will get you a "stricter" version for say

[obsidian]

Ive always know php to have non-strict, non-explicit variables.  Is this correct or is there a smoother way of going about it?

 

You are correct. PHP is very forgiving with data types. It does implicit type casting on comparisons, etc. This is the type of thing that can get you into trouble since (0 == FALSE) resolves to a true comparison. There is, however, the "===" comparison operator that compares both value and data type, so while (0 == FALSE) is true, (0 === FALSE) is not since one is an integer and one is a boolean.