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Doc Bug #73459 ReflectionFunction:getReturnType returns ReflectionNamedType object.
Submitted: 2016-11-04 15:19 UTC Modified: 2018-09-29 19:18 UTC
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From: arjen at parse dot nl Assigned:
Status: Open Package: Reflection related
PHP Version: 7.1.0RC5 OS: Linux
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 [2016-11-04 15:19 UTC] arjen at parse dot nl
Description:
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In 7.1.0beta3 ReflectionNamedType was introduced, documentation not updated.
The original ReflectionType is not instantiated anymore.

https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/622d2f41d1cdb597f4fafecaaacf66e238742bd4

I don't think this class change is intentional, this would be an even bigger BC break than the discussed ReflectionType::__toString change discussed on internals: http://externals.io/thread/321

Testscript @ See https://3v4l.org/Pmu6c#v710beta3

Test script:
---------------
<?php

class B
{
    public function test(): B
    {
        
    }
}

function getB(): B
{
    
}

$rc = new ReflectionMethod('B', 'test');
var_dump((string)$rc->getReturnType(), $rc->getReturnType());

$rc = new ReflectionFunction('getB');
var_dump((string)$rc->getReturnType(), $rc->getReturnType());

Expected result:
----------------
string(1) "B"
object(ReflectionType)#2 (0) {
}
string(1) "B"
object(ReflectionType)#1 (0) {
}

Actual result:
--------------
string(2) "\B"
object(ReflectionNamedType)#2 (0) {
}
string(2) "\B"
object(ReflectionNamedType)#1 (0) {
}

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 [2016-11-13 07:20 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem
 [2018-09-29 19:18 UTC] nikic@php.net
The documentation is correct -- we only guarantee that a ReflectionType is returned. ReflectionNamedType is a specific ReflectionType. In the future it might also return something like ReflectionUnionType (another specific ReflectionType).

Return types do not specify that *exactly* that class will be returned, only that it's that class or a subtype. Right now it will always be ReflectionNamedType, but this is not guaranteed, by design.
 [2019-11-09 15:34 UTC] chef at web-cooking dot net
In https://www.php.net/reflectionparameter.gettype it is explained in examples section. (with a small mistake : ReflectionNamedType() instead of ReflectionNamedType::getName())

It is not on https://www.php.net/reflectionfunctionabstract.getreturntype though.
 
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