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Space Sets (v3.64.0) edition

Rule modernize_types_casting

Replaces intval, floatval, doubleval, strval and boolval function calls with according type casting operator.

Warning

Using this rule is risky

Risky if any of the functions intval, floatval, doubleval, strval or boolval are overridden.

Examples

Example #1

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
-    $a = intval($b);
-    $a = floatval($b);
-    $a = doubleval($b);
-    $a = strval ($b);
-    $a = boolval($b);
+    $a = (int) $b;
+    $a = (float) $b;
+    $a = (float) $b;
+    $a = (string) $b;
+    $a = (bool) $b;

Rule sets

The rule is part of the following rule sets:

References

The test class defines officially supported behaviour. Each test case is a part of our backward compatibility promise.