Reflection

Raxos Reflection wraps PHP's native ReflectionClass, ReflectionMethod, ReflectionProperty, ReflectionParameter and ReflectionFunction in small, readonly reflector classes with a consistent, typed API. Every reflector can read PHP attributes through the shared Attributable trait, and a dedicated TypeReflector introspects and validates types, including unions, intersections, enums and iterables. The package is a foundational dependency used across Raxos for attribute driven features such as ORM models, router controllers and dependency injection.

Highlights

ClassReflectorReflects a class and exposes its properties, methods, constructor and hierarchy as typed reflectors.TypeReflectorNormalizes and validates a PHP type, including builtins, classes, enums, unions and intersections.AttributableAdds consistent attribute reading to every reflector through one shared trait.PropertyReflectorReads, writes and introspects a single property on a given object instance.MethodReflectorReflects a method, its parameters and return type, and can invoke it on an instance.FunctionReflectorReflects a closure or standalone function and invokes it with the given arguments.

Explore by category

• Reflectors: obtain a ClassReflector with the reflect() helper and walk a class, its properties, methods and hierarchy as typed reflector objects.
• Reading attributes: how the Attributable trait exposes PHP attribute instances the same way on every reflector.
• Working with types: use TypeReflector to classify and validate PHP types, from scalars and classes to enums, unions and intersections.

Quick example

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

use function Raxos\Reflection\reflect;

$reflector = reflect(User::class);

foreach ($reflector->getPublicProperties() as $property) {
    echo $property->getName() . ': ' . $property->getType()->getName() . "\n";
}

Installation

Install the package with Composer and check the requirements on the installation page.

composer require raxos/reflection