From ed32dd96c4447e88cb3351382fc9a817ca5fedb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shish <shish@shishnet.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:55:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [json_decode] update function signature to match PHP 8.X,
fixes #645
---
lib/special_cases.php | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/special_cases.php b/lib/special_cases.php
index b49c9650..a324166d 100644
--- a/lib/special_cases.php
+++ b/lib/special_cases.php
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
* Wrapper for json_decode that throws when an error occurs.
*
* @param string $json JSON data to parse
- * @param bool $associative When true, returned objects will be converted
- * into associative arrays.
+ * @param bool|null $associative true for arrays, false for objects, null to defer to $flags
* @param int<1, max> $depth User specified recursion depth.
* @param int $flags Bitmask of JSON decode options.
*
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@
* @throws JsonException if the JSON cannot be decoded.
* @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php
*/
-function json_decode(string $json, bool $associative = false, int $depth = 512, int $flags = 0): mixed
+function json_decode(string $json, ?bool $associative = null, int $depth = 512, int $flags = 0): mixed
{
$data = \json_decode($json, $associative, $depth, $flags);
if (!($flags & JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR) && JSON_ERROR_NONE !== json_last_error()) {