Hi there,

Le sam. 30 mai 2026 à 14:24, Nicolas Grekas <[email protected]>
a écrit :

> Dear internals,
>
> Le ven. 1 mai 2026 à 11:37, Nicolas Grekas <[email protected]>
> a écrit :
>
>> Dear internals,
>>
>> It's my pleasure to submit this new RFC to yours.
>> Please have a look and let me know:
>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/exists-magic-method
>>
>> TL;DR: I'm proposing a new opt-in magic method:
>>
>>     public function __exists(string $name): bool;
>>
>> It'd let userland tell "set to null" apart from "missing" on objects,
>> it'd restore
>> isset() <=> ?? equivalence on magic properties, and it'd fixe GH-12695 as
>> a
>> corollary. It's forward-compatible as a regular method on PHP <= 8.5
>> (probeable
>> via method_exists()), and would be magic on 8.6+.
>>
>
> Following the feedback received so far, you might have seen that I've
> split the materialized property check into a separate PR/thread, see
> https://externals.io/message/131068
>
> I therefore updated the text of the RFC, now at v0.2, to account for that
> materialization issue being addressed separately.
> I also updated the wording to mention the points that have been discussed
> and simplify the wording a bit (less repetitions, less C-side stuff).
>
> I didn't update the implementation yet, but technically the TL;DR of this
> new iteration is that it brings nothing new: it's only a refacto of the
> presentation.
>
> This message starts a new discussion period.
>

Friendly before-opening-the-vote reminder about this RFC.
I plan to start the vote this Sunday.

Cheers,
Nicolas

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