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PHP 8.6: unable to create PFA callable from never-returning function #25441
Description
Description
The following code:
<?php
function doFoo($a): never {
}
doFoo(...); // works
doFoo(?); // does not workResulted in this output:
Fatal error: A never-returning function must not return in test.php on line 8
But I expected this output instead:
(empty)
PHP Version
PHP 8.6.0-dev (cli) (built: Nov 11 2026 23:30:36) (NTS)
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Activity
TimWolla commentedon Nov 13, 2026
Already fixed in 5e8d15e
ondrejmirtes commentedon Nov 13, 2026
Thank you!