https://github.com/jonesiscoding/php-reflection

Library that adds additional Reflection style classes, with additional functionality for PHP 7.0
https://github.com/jonesiscoding/php-reflection

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Library that adds additional Reflection style classes, with additional functionality for PHP 7.0

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jonesiscoding/php-reflection
• Owner: jonesiscoding
• License: lgpl-2.1
• Created: 2026-01-09T19:29:34.000Z (18 days ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-01-13T14:41:52.000Z (14 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-01-13T17:10:38.797Z (14 days ago)
• Language: PHP
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• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# php-reflection

Library that adds additional Reflection-style classes, with additional functionality for PHP 7.0

## ReflectionComment Classes

Parses the contents of a comment retrieved from a function, property or class.  Each source type has a specific class

which can be used to parse and retrieve individual tags from the PHPdoc comment.

Tags are returned as a `ReflectionTag`.  In cases where tags may repeat such as `@property`, `@method` or `@param`, a

`TagBag` is returned.

## ReflectionVar Classes

Similar to ReflectionType, this class provides information on a type, such as a property type, parameter type, or method 

return type. Unlike ReflectionType, the data for a ReflectionVar can be pulled from the DocComment of the related

reflection object.

Multiple types are presented as a `ReflectionUnionVar`, and singular types are presented as a `ReflectionNamedVar`, in

the same manner as PHP 7.1+.

In cases where a PHPdoc indicates an array of a specific type, a `ReflectionPrototypeVar` is used to indicate this.

## ReflectionTag Classes

These classes are used internally to represent a tag from a `ReflectionComment`.

## Other Classes

### ReflectionClassImports

This class parases the `use` statements above the class declaration in a class, in order to resolve types referred to

by short names in PHPdoc comments.

### ReflectionConstructor

This class provides insight into a class constructor, allowing for instantiation via an array of named arguments.

### ReflectionName

This class provides manipulation of class, method, and property names, allowing for easy generation of method names

from property names, and vice versa.

### ReflectionAccess

This class provides basic information about wether a property is accessible within a class, whether directly or through

a getter and/or setter.