[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52298: Using ID as type string instead of int

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#52298: Using ID as type string instead of int
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 Reporter:  malthert           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General            |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * keywords:   => reporter-feedback


Comment:

 Hi there, welcome back to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the ticket.

 Replying to [ticket:52298 malthert]:
 > There is currently no way to retrieve a post ID as int in WP, which
 means we ALWAYS have to typecast it.

 Could you elaborate a bit more? Most of the functions like `get_the_ID()`
 or `get_post()` return the post ID as `int`, this is done via
 `sanitize_post()`. Changing the ID to a string instead would be a backward
 compatibility break.

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