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ReflectionType::__toString

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(PHP 7, PHP 8)

To string

Description

ReflectionType::__toString(): string

Gets the parameter type name.

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

Returns the type of the parameter.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`ReflectionType::__toString` has been undeprecated.
7.1.0	`ReflectionType::__toString` has been deprecated.

Examples

ReflectionType::__toString example

php

<?php
function someFunction(string $param) {}

$reflectionFunc = new ReflectionFunction('someFunction');
$reflectionParam = $reflectionFunc->getParameters()[0];

echo $reflectionParam->getType();

The above example will output something similar to:

output

string