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Bug #74889 ob_implicit_flush expects int instead of bool (on boolean value)
Submitted: 2017-07-10 04:22 UTC Modified: 2021-07-13 15:15 UTC
From: love at sickpeople dot se Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Output Control
PHP Version: 7.2.0alpha3 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-07-10 04:22 UTC] love at sickpeople dot se 
Description:
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Note that the documentation states "int" and not "bool". I think "bool" would be more suitable, since the value should be true or false.

Test script:
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declare(strict_types=1);

ob_implicit_flush (true);

Expected result:
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No TypeError.

Actual result:
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TypeError.

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 [2017-07-24 21:26 UTC] michal dot brzuchalski at gmail dot com 
It's not a bug it's a Feature Request.
 [2017-07-24 21:47 UTC] spam2 at rhsoft dot net 
http://php.net/manual/en/function.ob-implicit-flush.php
void ob_implicit_flush ([ int $flag = true ] )

*this is* at least a documentation bug becaus eyou CAN NOT pass true to a int param if you arrived in 2017 and using strict types - either the param is bool or the default *can npt* be a bool true and *yes* i was trapped by that too

ob_implicit_flush(true);

Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: ob_implicit_flush() expects parameter 1 to be integer, boolean given
 [2017-08-17 18:38 UTC] kalle@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2017-08-17 18:38 UTC] kalle@php.net 
I kinda agree it doesn't make sense to disallow booleans, when internally the function clearly only ever uses a boolean. What are the most likely thing to do is to allow anything, and then convert them to a boolean value, something like this should probably do:
https://gist.github.com/KalleZ/cccb9edc34f492688ddc1dbe8ceaaa22
 [2017-09-25 23:07 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #75256
 [2021-07-13 15:15 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed -Package: *General Issues +Package: Output Control -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-07-13 15:15 UTC] cmb@php.net 
The parameter is bool as of PHP 8.0.0, and that ias also
documented.
 
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