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PHP Strict Typing

• rurban 9y ago
  A type violation is a run-time exception, not a compile-time error? Cannot believe this.
  • eamann 9y ago
    PHP isn't a compiled language. Exceptions are thrown when the code is loaded into the interpreter and said interpreter notices the error.
    • rurban 9y ago
      No, that is not how it works. PHP is not AST interpreted anymore, there is a distinction between compile-time and run-time. And this error is compile-time, otherwise it would make no sense at all.
      • eamann 9y ago
        Yes and no. This is a PHP Fatal Error, which will cause execution to stop. But the compiler doesn't compile the entire file in the same way you'd see with other languages. Any code in a PHP file _before_ the type error will still execute just fine, but when the PHP engine hits the error it will fatal and throw a TypeError (along with a stack trace, depending on the verbosity of your configuration).