The ReflectionType class

(PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

The ReflectionType class reports information about a function's parameter/return type or a class's property type. The Reflection extension declares the following subtypes:

ReflectionNamedType (as of PHP 7.1.0)
ReflectionUnionType (as of PHP 8.0.0)
ReflectionIntersectionType (as of PHP 8.1.0)

Class synopsis

abstract class ReflectionType implements Stringable {

/* Methods */

public function allowsNull(): bool

public function __toString(): string

}

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	ReflectionType has become abstract and ReflectionType::isBuiltin() has been moved to ReflectionNamedType::isBuiltin().

ReflectionType::allowsNull — Checks if null is allowed
ReflectionType::__toString — To string

The ReflectionType class

Introduction

Class synopsis

Changelog

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