Change GetSingleScalarResult phpDoc to return string|null #6439

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admin · 2026-01-22T15:33:19+01:00

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Originally created by @VincentLanglet on GitHub (Apr 8, 2020).

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Summary

When using getSingleScalarResult is a COUNT in my query, I always thought this would return an int, but I recently discovered it return a string instead.

I checked:

int are return as string.
bool are return as '0' or '1'.
null is return as null.
object are return with __toString.

Am I missing something or the GetSingleScalarResult phpDoc could be improved to return string|null ?

Originally created by @VincentLanglet on GitHub (Apr 8, 2020). ### Feature Request #### Summary When using `getSingleScalarResult` is a `COUNT` in my query, I always thought this would return an `int`, but I recently discovered it return a `string` instead. I checked: - int are return as string. - bool are return as '0' or '1'. - null is return as null. - object are return with __toString. Am I missing something or the `GetSingleScalarResult` phpDoc could be improved to `return string|null` ?

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[PR #6439] align equals signs #9979

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Reference: doctrine/archived-orm#6439