Tells whether the token would be ignored by the PHP parser.

# PhpToken::isIgnorable

(PHP 8)

PhpToken::isIgnorable — Tells whether the token would be ignored by the PHP parser.

### Description

public PhpToken::isIgnorable(): bool

Tells whether the token would be ignored by the PHP parser.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

A boolean value whether the token would be ignored by the PHP parser (such as whitespace or comments).

### Examples

Example #1 PhpToken::isIgnorable() example

`<?php
$echo = new PhpToken(T_ECHO, 'echo');
var_dump($echo->isIgnorable()); // -> bool(false)
$space = new PhpToken(T_WHITESPACE, ' ');
var_dump($space->isIgnorable()); // -> bool(true)`

### See Also

- PhpToken::tokenize() - Splits given source into PHP tokens, represented by PhpToken objects.

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