TRex Reflection

PHP tool to reflect callables an types.

Installation

Use composer command:

$ composer require raphhh/trex-reflection

Documentation

• CallableReflection
• TypeReflection

CallableReflection

You can use CallableReflection to inspect and call a callable, like a callback or a Closure for example.

All kind of callable

You can know which kind of callable is given.

Closure

$reflect = new CallableReflection(function(){});
$reflect->isClosure(); //true

Function

$reflect = CallableReflection('in_array')
$reflect->isFunction(); //true

Static method

$reflect = new CallableReflection('\DateTime::createFromFormat');
$reflect->isMethod(); //true
$reflect->isStaticMethod(); //true

$reflect = new CallableReflection(array('\DateTime', 'createFromFormat'));
$reflect->isMethod(); //true
$reflect->isStaticMethod(); //true

Instance method

$reflect = new CallableReflection(array(new \DateTime(), 'modify'));
$reflect->isMethod(); //true
$reflect->isInstanceMethod(); //true

Invoked object

class Bar{
    function __invoke(){}
}

$reflect = new CallableReflection(new Bar());
$reflect->isInvokedObject(); //true

Retrieve contexts

You can retrieve the callable, like the object or the method name for example.

Closure

$reflect = new CallableReflection(function(){});
$reflect->getClosure(); //closure

Function

$reflect = new CallableReflection('in_array')
$reflect->getFunctionName(); //'in_array'

Static method

$reflect = new CallableReflection('\DateTime::createFromFormat');
$reflect->getClassName(); //'DateTime'
$reflect->getMethodName(); //'createFromFormat'

$reflect = new CallableReflection(array('\DateTime', 'createFromFormat'));
$reflect->getClassName(); //'DateTime'
$reflect->getMethodName(); //'createFromFormat'

Instance method

$reflect = new CallableReflection(array(new \DateTime(), 'modify'));
$reflect->getClassName(); //'DateTime'
$reflect->getObject(); //DateTime instance
$reflect->getMethodName(); //'modify'

Invoked object

class Bar{
    function __invoke(){}
}

$reflect = new CallableReflection(new Bar());
$reflect->getClassName(); //'Bar'
$reflect->getObject(); //Bar instance

Invoke callable

You can invoke every kind of callable in a same way.

With a list of args

This method calls the method and give to it all its args.

$reflect = new CallableReflection('in_array')
$reflect->invoke(1, [0, 1]); //true

With an array of args

This method allows to map each value of an array with every params of a function. Useful to use dynamic args with func_get_args().

$reflect = new CallableReflection('in_array')
$reflect->invoke([1, [0, 1]]); //true

With a map of args

This method allows to map the keys of an array with the name of the params of a function. So, the order of the args has no importance.

$closure = function($arg1, $arg2){
    return [$arg1, $arg2];
}

$reflect = new CallableReflection($closure)
$reflect->invokeA(['arg2' => 'arg2', 'arg1' => 'arg1'])); //['arg1', 'arg2']

Retrieve the associated reflection class

Retrieve the ReflectionFunctionAbstract of the callable.

For a function or a closure

$reflect = new CallableReflection('in_array');
$reflect->getReflector(); //ReflectionFunction

For a method

$reflect = new CallableReflection(array('\DateTime', 'createFromFormat'));
$reflect->getReflector(); //ReflectionMethod

For a class

Note that for a class, we get a ReflectionMethod for the __invoke method of the current object, and not a ReflectionClass.

class Bar{
    function __invoke(){}
}

$reflect = new CallableReflection(new Bar());
$reflect->getReflector(); //ReflectionMethod

TypeReflection

Reflection on the type of a variable or function.

What is a type?

A type is a string defined by a specific value related to one of the PHP types.

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('int');
$typeReflection->getType(); //"int"
$typeReflection->getStandardizedType(); //"integer"

If you work with a variable, you can use TypeReflection::createFromVariable($variable)

$foo = new stdClass();
$typeReflection = TypeReflection::createFromVariable($foo);
$typeReflection->getType(); //"stdClass"
$typeReflection->getStandardizedType(); //"object"

Note the TypeReflection is case insensitive.

Standardized types

TypeReflection standardizes types with following values:

• void
• mixed
• null
• boolean
• string
• integer
• float
• number
• scalar
• array
• object
• resource
• callable
• unknown type

Valid any type

Recognition

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('string');
$typeReflection->isValid(); //true

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('foo');
$typeReflection->isValid(); //false

boolean

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('bool');
$typeReflection->isBoolean(); //true

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('boolean');
$typeReflection->isBoolean(); //true

string

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('string');
$typeReflection->isString(); //true

integer

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('int');
$typeReflection->isInteger(); //true

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('integer');
$typeReflection->isInteger(); //true

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('long');
$typeReflection->isInteger(); //true

float

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('float');
$typeReflection->isFloat(); //true

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('double');
$typeReflection->isFloat(); //true

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('real');
$typeReflection->isFloat(); //true

number

Any integer or float value.

scalar

Any boolean, string or number value.

array

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('array');
$typeReflection->isArray(); //true

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('int[]');
$typeReflection->isArray(); //true

object

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('object');
$typeReflection->isObject(); //true

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('Datetime');
$typeReflection->isObject(); //true

resource

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('resource');
$typeReflection->isResource(); //true

callable

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('callable');
$typeReflection->isCallable(); //true

void

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('void');
$typeReflection->isVoid(); //true

null

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('null');
$typeReflection->isNull(); //true

mixed

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('mixed');
$typeReflection->isMixed(); //true

Retrieve a standard notation

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('bool');
$typeReflection->getStandardizedType(); //boolean

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('int');
$typeReflection->getStandardizedType(); //integer

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('real');
$typeReflection->getStandardizedType(); //float

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('int[]');
$typeReflection->getStandardizedType(); //array

$typeReflection = new TypeReflection('Datetime');
$typeReflection->getStandardizedType(); //object