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Persian Successor (v3.65.0) edition

Rule short_scalar_cast

Cast (boolean) and (integer) should be written as (bool) and (int), (double) and (real) as (float), (binary) as (string).

Examples

Example #1

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
-$a = (boolean) $b;
-$a = (integer) $b;
-$a = (double) $b;
+$a = (bool) $b;
+$a = (int) $b;
+$a = (float) $b;

-$a = (binary) $b;
+$a = (string) $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.