ReflectionNamedType::isBuiltin
PHP function
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(PHP 7, PHP 8)
Checks if it is a built-in type
Description
ReflectionNamedType::isBuiltin(): bool
Checks if the type is a built-in type in PHP. A built-in type is any type that is not a class, interface, or trait.
Parameters Parameters
Return Values
true if it's a built-in type, otherwise false
Examples
ReflectionNamedType::isBuiltin example
php
<?php
class SomeClass {}
function someFunction(string $param, SomeClass $param2, stdClass $param3) {}
$reflectionFunc = new ReflectionFunction('someFunction');
$reflectionParams = $reflectionFunc->getParameters();
var_dump($reflectionParams[0]->getType()->isBuiltin());
var_dump($reflectionParams[1]->getType()->isBuiltin());
var_dump($reflectionParams[2]->getType()->isBuiltin());The above example will output:
output
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(false)Note that the ReflectionNamedType::isBuiltin method does not distinguish between internal and custom classes. To make this distinction, the ReflectionClass::isInternal method should be used on the returned class name.
See Also
ReflectionType::allowsNullReflectionType::__toStringReflectionClass::isInternalReflectionParameter::getType