PissOff: a valid, polite and useful alternative to the `void` return type in PHP

.gitignore

vendor
composer.lock

composer.json

{
    "autoload": {
        "classmap": [
            "PissOff.php"
        ]
    }
}

piss-off-is-awesome.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace MyStuff;

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

function fortunately_you_can_tell_your_users_to_piss_off() : PissOff {
    return PissOff::wanker();
};

var_dump(fortunately_you_can_tell_your_users_to_piss_off()->i_told_you_to_piss_off);

PissOff.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace MyStuff;

final class PissOff
{
    /**
     * @var \LogicException
     */
    private $pissOff;

    public static function __callStatic(string $method, array $args)
    {
        throw new \LogicException('You are not supposed to interact with this object: piss off.');
    }

    private function __construct()
    {
        $this->pissOff = new \LogicException('You are not supposed to interact with this object: piss off.');
    }

    public static function wanker() : self
    {
        return new self();
    }

    public function __call(string $method, array $args)
    {
        throw $this->pissOff;
    }

    public function __get(string $name)
    {
        throw $this->pissOff;
    }

    public function __set(string $name, $value)
    {
        throw $this->pissOff;
    }

    public function __isset(string $name)
    {
        throw $this->pissOff;
    }

    public function __unset(string $name)
    {
        throw $this->pissOff;
    }

    private function __wakeup()
    {
    }

    private function __sleep()
    {
    }

    private function __clone()
    {
    }
}

void-sucks.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace MyStuff;

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

function doesnt_it_suck_that_php_has_no_void_return_type() {
};

var_dump(doesnt_it_suck_that_php_has_no_void_return_type()->yeah_it_sucks);

PissOff::wanker()

Needs tests, then it's production ready.

@rdohms and then PissOff::createFromFormat()?

@patkar suggestion approved. Updating the gist.

lol

Too much code. I always wanted to add a new function to PHP, 'motherfucker', which when used as an argument would cause random file system activity, hopefully deletion.

This code would then truly express my intent when PHP does my head in:

die(motherfucker(die)));

The more die values, the more the file system suffers...

I'd return a new PissOff() in fortunately_you_can_tell_your_users_to_piss_off() to reduce the redundancy.

And may I suggest a different naming perhaps? https://youtu.be/qJMqdTr7IQM

omg

I'm a wanker and I find this offensive

@RWOverdijk the fact that you are not a minority does make that comment moot :D

Where i work, we all have this in our shell startups:

alias fuckit="sudo"
alias I_quit="rm -fr /"

Then, one day, when it's all too much you can just do

$ fuckit I_quit

and start walking....

Version number ?
Release date ?

maybe a Conference about it?
T-Shirt & Mug ... Company, called Piss Off Ltd

@emacstheviking

You need to add --no-preserve-root

This version won't even let you assign it to a variable (made it really fast and it's just a joke):

<?php

class Untouchable {
    private static $count;
    private static $register = [];
    private $id;

    public static function create()
    {
        return new self(self::$count++);
    }
    public static function check()
    {
        echo 'Checking...'.PHP_EOL;
        if (count(self::$register)) {
            throw new Exception('Can\'t touch this');
        }
    }
    private function __construct($id)
    {
        $this->id = $id;
        self::$register[$this->id] = true;
    }
    public function __destruct()
    {
        echo 'I was destroyed: '.$this->id.PHP_EOL;
        unset(self::$register[$this->id]);
    }
}

declare(ticks=1);
register_tick_function([Untouchable::class, 'check']);

function foo(): Untouchable {
    return Untouchable::create();
}

foo();
$a = foo(); // Cant touch this
echo 'end of script'.PHP_EOL;

@Ocramius he he tends to one from django/django#2692

Ocramius for President 2016

@jp7carlos that is AWESOME!

You have code duplication on lines 16 and 21. I honestly expected better.

This just made my day!

lol, oh you guys