Typehints and = null
I just committed a patch to PHP CVS which allows you to do the following:
<?php
class foo {
}
function bla( foo $blah = null )
{
var_dump( $blah );
}
$f = new foo;
bla( $f );
bla();
bla( null );
?>
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THANK YOU! Will it be in 5.1 ?
Yes, it will be in PHP 5.1.0.
I was hoping this would be added.
Thank you for making my life a little bit easier. Now I can be even LAZIER with doc comments :D
I'm going to assume that this will be in 6.0 as 5.1 has Release Candidates out.
That is what he just said. :)
No, I said that this will be in PHP 5.1.0 too.
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Updated an information and a bench
Created 2 benches
Created 4 picnic_tables, a bench, and a fitness_station; Updated a pub and a sport club
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Created 3 waste_baskets, 2 main entrances, and a bench; Deleted a cycle_barrier, a bench, and a waste_basket
Created an information; Updated a waste_basket and a bench
Updated 2 waste_baskets and a bench
Created 3 benches
Created a waste_basket; Updated 2 benches and a tree
I walked 3.5km in 35m31s
Created a main entrance and a home entrance
Created an entrance
Updated a house building
Created an entrance
I walked 5.8km in 1h15m06s
I've just finished reading "A Cheese-Monger's Tour de France", by Ned Palmer.
Now I want to try many of those! 🧀
I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be speaking at the 23rd edition of #phpday, the international PHP conference in Italy, organised by @grusp.
I’ll be presenting a talk titled: "Better Debugging With Xdebug".
It's in Verona, Italy, on May 14-15th 2026.
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I walked 5.5km in 1h11m00s
I walked 1.1km in 9m37s
Merged pull request #1066
PHP 8.6: Changes to opcache optimisations wrt function arguments
I walked 10.5km in 1h49m54s
Fixed building type
Fixed addresses and building type
Updated a bus_stop, a waste_basket, and a bench


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