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by matt_kantor 2037 days ago
> it's really int + array or string + file_descriptor, things like that

I haven't personally used PHP in years, but was curious about this. Based on some quick/dumb experiments it appears int + array has thrown errors as far back as PHP4:

- http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/0b2f22ea881b36e58...

- http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/0e5fb752fc3ec28e8...

Is the post talking about some other scenario? Maybe the new thing is that it's now specifically a TypeError?
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hakre 2037 days ago
Yes, was warning / log previously, now it throws. So what was a warning and just going on is now an exception that interrupts.
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Denvercoder9 2037 days ago
int + array has indeed been throwing errors for a while for the basic arithmetic operations, but not for slightly more complex operations such as modulo, and there are plenty more weird combinations that used to work:

https://3v4l.org/IuoGO

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