Is it possible to write strictly typed PHP code?

Question

For example, is it possible to write code like this:

int $x = 6;
str $y = \"hello world\";
bool $z = false;
MyObject $foo = new MyObject();

Answer 1

Perhaps you should try this PHP extension https://github.com/krakjoe/strict. Support for the following types is introduced:

• string
• integer, int
• float, double
• boolean, bool
• resource