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ReflectionProperty::getType

(PHP 7 >= 7.4.0, PHP 8)

ReflectionProperty::getTypeGets a property's type

Description

public ReflectionProperty::getType(): ?ReflectionType

Gets the associated type of a property.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a ReflectionType if the property has a type, and null otherwise.

Examples

Example #1 ReflectionProperty::getType() example

<?php
class User
{
public
string $name;
}

$rp = new ReflectionProperty('User', 'name');
echo
$rp->getType()->getName();
?>

The above example will output:

string

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class User
{
/**
* @var string
*/
public $name;
}

function getTypeNameFromAnnotation(string $className, string $propertyName): ?string
{
$rp = new \ReflectionProperty($className, $propertyName);
if (preg_match('/@var\s+([^\s]+)/', $rp->getDocComment(), $matches)) {
return $matches[1];
}

return null;
}

echo getTypeNameFromAnnotation('User', 'name');

// string
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