The inability to "lock" variables to certain types in PHP.

Isn't that a dynamic typing?

My mans complaining about data types in a loosely typed language :D

At least you can set expected parameter and return types in newer PHP versions now

...what did you expect?

As far as I'm aware this is possible in PHP 8

@linuxxx Nice.

I'm pretty stoked for PHP 8 : >

It adds so much new features, tho I am mostly stoked about the JIT.

I've already ran some near-realworld tests (realworld app, simulated load) with my site's codebase a month or 2 ago and it has shown me quite significant increase in capability, the main issue at that point became the database :^)

@linuxxx wait, there's php 8?

@iiii Coming soon, yes!

Type hints and annotations will go a long way especially if you use a decent IDE like PHPStorm.

@hjk101 I use VSCode tho.

Cus I don't like that I need to pay a fairly hefty (for my standards) fee for it...

I think they have the annotation parsing in intellisense too.

It's worth the price (it's reasonable) in my opinion, though I get it from the office. When an early access comes out you can get it for free though.

@hjk101 Yea, Intellisense works quite alright for annotation parsing.

I mean, difference between you and me is that you probably get a decent pay :p

I'm currently unemployed so buying things to "improve development" is kinda a no-go unless it has a decent ROI (which is nothing atm cus I don't really get paid for anything)

@FinlayDaG33k

Strict typing isn't new. Exists since PHP 7.

PHP 8s most awaited feature is WeakRefMap.

@IntrusionCM well... yes but also no...

I can pass types in a function and what the function returns but I can't say:

```

int $myVar = 1;

$myVar = 'yes' // Exception here

```