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

No. That syntax will not work.

You could, theoretically, come up with a system of objects that enforced their own sort of strict typing, but it wouldn't perform and ...why would you want to, anyway?

If you need strict typing, use a strictly typed language.