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The ReflectionType class

Introduction

(PHP 7, PHP 8)

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:

Class synopsis

abstract class ReflectionType implements Stringable {
/* Methods */
public allowsNull(): bool
public __toString(): string
}

Changelog

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

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