Monthly Archives: June 2022

Type the List: A Proposal to support type-casting in PHP’s list language construct

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Mark Baker

I wrote recently about some changes that I’d like to propose for list() in core PHP for version 8.3: namely that it should work with iterables as well with arrays, and that it should allow a variadic “argument” that would … Continue reading →

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Default the List: A Proposal to support default values in PHP’s list language construct

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Mark Baker

I wrote recently about some changes that I’d like to propose for list() in core PHP for version 8.3: namely that it should work with iterables as well with arrays, and that it should allow a variadic “argument” that would … Continue reading →

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Splat the List: A Proposal to support Variadics in PHP’s list language construct

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Mark Baker

I was thinking recently about how useful PHP’s splat operator (…), also known as variadics or array packing/unpacking, can be. I’ve written about variadics before, here and here. Variadics are incredibly powerful and useful; but there are still some limitations … Continue reading →

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List-o-mania

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Mark Baker

The list() language construct is one of the most powerful constructs in PHP, allowing you to assign one or more elements from an array to specific named variables in a single step; but it may not work in quite the … Continue reading →

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