Incorrect return type for SplFileObject::fgetcsv

[tborealis]

Return type should be array|false instead of array|false|null. See https://www.php.net/manual/en/splfileobject.fgetcsv#refsect1-splfileobject.fgetcsv-returnvalues

[ondrejmirtes]

Thank you!

[VincentLanglet]

@tomadam@ondrejmirtes Even if the doc is saying that null is not a possible value, I can get some with

$commissionRateFile = new \SplFileObject($commissionRateFilePath);
$commissionRateFile->setFlags(\SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY | \SplFileObject::DROP_NEW_LINE);

You can see another example here: facebook/hhvm#5823

array(3) {
[0] =>
string(5) "row11"
[1] =>
string(0) ""
[2] =>
string(5) "row13"
}
array(3) {
[0] =>
string(5) "row21"
[1] =>
string(5) "row22"
[2] =>
string(5) "row23"
}
NULL

[ondrejmirtes]

@VincentLanglet Your code example doesn't include fgetcsv call, I don't get how it's related to this method.

[VincentLanglet]

I meant

$commissionRateFile = new \SplFileObject($commissionRateFilePath);
$commissionRateFile->setFlags(\SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY | \SplFileObject::DROP_NEW_LINE);
while (!$commissionRateFile->eof()) {
$line = $commissionRateFile->fgetcsv(';');
}

The last line of my csv was an empty line, and the last $line in my code was null.

[ondrejmirtes]

Can it be null in all cases or only for some setFlags combination?

[VincentLanglet]

It's only related to some setFlags combination.

Without setFlags, I get [null].
With setFlags(\SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY | \SplFileObject::DROP_NEW_LINE), the empty lines was supposed to be skipped according to the doc, but it return null (instead of [null]).

[VincentLanglet]

You can look at the psalm code https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vimeo/psalm/master/dictionaries/CallMap.php

They are using list<string>|array{0: null}|false|null