PHP: casts read better than math tricks

[igorsantos07]

Straightforward suggestion - better readability and a best practice to avoid using type juggling just for the sake of it.

[brazzy]

I think explicit casting may not have existed when I was still doing PHP development 😁

[igorsantos07]

Not entirely sure, and settype() is also ancient, but one thing is certain: back in the days, docs and the spread word on php was definitely darker than nowadays haha