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Simplified improvement for absint() that always returns an int #12944

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Simplified improvement for absint() that always returns an int
josephscott Aug 8, 2026
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Merge branch 'trunk' into 65826/absint-nextgen
josephscott Aug 8, 2026
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions src/wp-includes/load.php
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Expand Up @@ -1461,12 +1461,20 @@ function is_multisite() {
* Converts a value to non-negative integer.
*
* @since 2.5.0
* @since 7.2.0 The `int` return type was added.
*
* @param mixed $maybeint Data you wish to have converted to a non-negative integer.
* @return int A non-negative integer.
*/
function absint( $maybeint ) {
return abs( (int) $maybeint );
function absint( $maybeint ): int {
$maybeint = (int) $maybeint;

if ( PHP_INT_MIN === $maybeint ) {
// `abs( PHP_INT_MIN )` overflows to a float, as `PHP_INT_MAX` is one less than `-PHP_INT_MIN`.
return PHP_INT_MAX;
}

return abs( $maybeint );
}

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