That’ll be the theory answers taken care of, but the practice side seems to have been neglected… Strong-typing means that you can’t use one type of variable where another is expected (or have restrictions to doing so). Weak-typing means you can mix different types. In PHP for example, you can mix numbers and strings and … Read more
Static typing vs dynamic typing: Static typing is when your type checking occurs at compile time. You must define a type for your variables inside of your code and any operations you perform on your data would be checked by the compiler. Dynamic typing is when your type checking occurs at runtime. Instead of errors … Read more
From the Treehouse blog: With PHP 7 we now have added Scalar types. Specifically: int, float, string, and bool. By adding scalar type hints and enabling strict requirements, it is hoped that more correct and self-documenting PHP programs can be written. It also gives you more control over your code and can make the code … Read more
Python is strongly, dynamically typed. Strong typing means that the type of a value doesn’t change in unexpected ways. A string containing only digits doesn’t magically become a number, as may happen in Perl. Every change of type requires an explicit conversion. Dynamic typing means that runtime objects (values) have a type, as opposed to … Read more
Static/Dynamic Typing is about when type information is acquired (Either at compile time or at runtime) Strong/Weak Typing is about how strictly types are distinguished (e.g. whether the language tries to do an implicit conversion from strings to numbers). See the wiki-page for more detailed information.