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Bug #78402 Converting null to string in error message is bad DX
Submitted: 2019-08-11 20:29 UTC Modified: -
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From: danack@php.net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 7.3.8 OS:
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 [2019-08-11 20:29 UTC] danack@php.net
Description:
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When pcntl_signal is passed a null variable instead of a callable, the error message should make it clear that the variable is not allowed to be null. Currently the error message given is:

> 'pcntl_signal(): is not a callable function name error'

Presumably because it is converting the variable null to be a string of ''. 

Which means the developer needs to work backwards from a zero length string being present in the error message, to the fact that they passed in null.

Test script:
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static $fnSignalHandler = null;

// $fnSignalHandler is meant to be initialised here but isn't

pcntl_signal(SIGINT, $fnSignalHandler, false);

Expected result:
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A clear error message that says I've passed null.

Actual result:
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Me spending 15 minutes trying to figure out why pcntl_signal is not callable.

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 [2019-12-17 18:19 UTC] kentaro at ranvis dot com
The following pull request has been associated:

Patch Name: Fix #78402: pcntl_signal() misleading error message
On GitHub:  https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5023
Patch:      https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5023.patch
 [2019-12-20 10:03 UTC] nikic@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of kentaro@ranvis.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=cbb0efaeeb265ff8026dee1d049d57a8d2b5c133
Log: Fix #78402: pcntl_signal() misleading error message
 [2019-12-20 10:03 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 
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