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[Andrew Yochum]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:49:52PM -0500, Cliff Hirsch wrote:
> Is there any way to typecast a function argument like:
>  
> public function Partytime(int $argument)         // this actually
> expects an object of class int
>  
> or 
>  
> public function Partytime( (int)$argument)      // this barfs

No.  What you're trying to do is type hinting, which only works for the
compound types: classes (as of 5) and arrays (as of 5.1). See:
    http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.typehinting.php

Maybe someday the other (scalar) primitives will make it in there.

Andrew
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