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		qprofyeh on Dec 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The case against static typing in PHP (2023) Is this still a discussion in 2023? I remember writing phpdoc @type hints in 2013, as that was the de facto way to have intelligent autocompletion in editors back then.

JonoBB on Dec 14, 2024 | [–]

@type phpdocs are no longer required in almost all cases.

sshine on Dec 14, 2024 | [–]

Since PHP’s types are monkey-patched on top, the type hints are indeed quite necessary for proper IDE hints, especially when it comes to arrays.

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