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ReflectionFunctionAbstract::getTentativeReturnType

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(PHP 8 >= 8.1.0)

Returns the tentative return type associated with the function

Description

ReflectionFunctionAbstract::getTentativeReturnType(): ReflectionType|null

Returns the tentative return type associated with the function.

Returns a ReflectionType object if a tentative return type is specified, null otherwise.

ReflectionFunctionAbstract::getTentativeReturnType example

php

<?php

$method = new ReflectionMethod(\ArrayAccess::class, 'offsetGet');
var_dump($method->getTentativeReturnType());

The above example will output something similar to:

output

object(ReflectionNamedType)#2 (0) {
}