(PHP 7 >= 7.4.0, PHP 8)
ReflectionProperty::getType — Gets a property's type
Gets the associated type of a property.
This function has no parameters.
Returns a ReflectionType if the property has a type,
and null otherwise.
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
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