PHP Type Declarations: make your PHP code easier to read, and simpler to use

PHP is a dynamically-typed language. This means that variables don't have a fixed type. However, PHP does have an optional strong type system: type declarations (previously known as type hints). In this video we'll see how using this will make your code simpler, easier to read, and easier to maintain.

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Code shown in the video:

00:00 Intro
00:30 Types in PHP
00:49 Type juggling
02:00 Function arguments
04:40 Type declarations
07:05 Strict type mode
08:15 Available types
08:46 Return values
09:00 Class properties
09:20 Union types
09:30 Nullable
10:02 Summary

#PHP #PHP8

[emperoroftheearth]

The way you explain is amazing and easy to understand.. thanks

[surfer_silver]

I actually love dynamic typing. It's great.

[moraaoo]

the was the third video to me about this to watch, and the first video make me understand :)

[karenmelikyan]

The simplicity of explanation speaks of high professionalism. Good job! Thanks.

[andrew.schaeffer]

Thanks for the helpful video! I'll probably be taking your courses and wonder if you have any suggestions for learning Apache? It keeps coming up, and I think it'd make my life a lot easier if I understood it instead of just guessing and copying code.

[_Mikekkk]

What php editor do you use and how do you run this code in command line?

[sergey_gabrielyan]

Hello, I want to know, is it possible to give type hinting to roles and permissions separately?

public function getRoles(): array
{
if (Gate::allows('role_access')) {
$roles = Role::with('permissions')->orderBy('id', 'DESC')->get();
$permissions = Permission::all();

return [
'roles' => $roles,
'permissions' => $permissions
];
}
}

[NedumEze]

Please, will the ?string $username apply to the parameter passed to a Constructor for initialization?

[johnydevlin]

why did you write "Course" near $course. What is it called and what is its purpose.

[MobiusCoin]

So... I'm a WordPress theme developer so I'm not really a PHP developer. Can you do a video on the PHP interactive mode? I didn't know this existed until now lol.

[mohamedab]

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