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ReflectionType::__toString

(PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionType::__toStringTo string

Descripción

public ReflectionType::__toString(): string

Gets the parameter type name.

Parámetros

Esta función no tiene parámetros.

Valores devueltos

Returns the type of the parameter.

Historial de cambios

Versión Descripción
8.0.0 ReflectionType::__toString() has been undeprecated.
7.1.0 ReflectionType::__toString() has been deprecated.

Ejemplos

Ejemplo #1 ReflectionType::__toString() example

<?php
function someFunction(string $param) {}

$reflectionFunc = new ReflectionFunction('someFunction');
$reflectionParam = $reflectionFunc->getParameters()[0];

echo
$reflectionParam->getType();

El resultado del ejemplo sería algo similar a:

string

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Anonymous
4 years ago
Regarding this method's deprecation:

ReflectionType::__toString() was first deprecated in PHP 7.1.0 alpha1.
The deprecation notice was removed in PHP 7.1.0 RC3, before being reinstated in PHP 7.4.0 alpha1.

Starting with PHP 7.1.0 beta 3, ReflectionParameter::getType() & ReflectionFunctionAbstract::getReturnType() return instances of ReflectionNamedType instead of ReflectionType.
The ReflectionNamedType class inherits from ReflectionType but provides an additional getName() method which can be used to retrieve the type hint.

Lastly, PHP 8.0.0 alpha1 introduced the concept of union types (see https://wiki.php.net/rfc/union_types_v2). As a result, ReflectionParameter::getType() & ReflectionFunctionAbstract::getReturnType() will now return either instances of ReflectionNamedType or ReflectionUnionType depending on the type hint, both of which are descendants of ReflectionType.
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