# `Option<T>`
Options are used for optional and nullable parameters, as well as null returns.
It is valid to be converted to/from a zval as long as the underlying `T` generic
is also able to be converted to/from a zval.
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Depends on `T`, `null` for `None`. |
An `Option<T>` parameter is nullable. If the caller passes `null`, the function
receives `None`. If the caller passes a value that `T` does not accept, the call
throws a `TypeError`, the same as for a `T` parameter. If `T` accepts `null`, as
`&Zval` does, a `null` argument gives `Some`.
A trailing `Option<T>` parameter is also optional. If the caller omits it, the
function receives `None`, and PHP reflection reports a default of `null`. The
macro reads this from `FromZvalMut::NULLABLE`, so a type alias or a qualified path
behaves the same way as `Option<T>`.
Returning `Option<T>` is a nullable return type. Returning `None` will return
null to PHP.
## Rust example
```rust,no_run
# #![cfg_attr(windows, feature(abi_vectorcall))]
# extern crate ext_php_rs;
# use ext_php_rs::prelude::*;
#[php_function]
pub fn test_option_null(input: Option<String>) -> Option<String> {
input.map(|input| format!("Hello {}", input).into())
}
# fn main() {}
```
## PHP example
```php
<?php
var_dump(test_option_null("World")); // string(11) "Hello World"
var_dump(test_option_null()); // null
```