Void as return type

Question

I was testing return types with PHP 7.

I\'ve created a simple script to test return types of PHP 7:

Answer 1

The voidreturn type was accepted for php 7.1. So it will come in the future.

Some examples on how it will work:

function should_return_nothing(): void {
    return 1; // Fatal error: A void function must not return a value
}

function returns_null(): void {
    return null; // Fatal error: A void function must not return a value
}
function lacks_return(): void {
    // valid
}
function returns_nothing(): void {
    return; // valid
}

See the RFC from Andrea Faulds for more info!