GetStrictTypes class

Since v1.3.0

Description

GetStrictTypes returns a list of all strict PHP types for a given value or variable. The list is ordered with the most specific match first.

Public Interface

GetStrictTypes has the following public interface:

namespace GanbaroDigital\MissingBits\TypeInspectors;

/**
 * return any value or variable's type list
 */
class GetStrictTypes
{
    /**
     * return any value or variable's type list
     *
     * @param  mixed $item
     *         the item to examine
     * @return array
     *         the list of type(s) that this item can be
     */
    public function getStrictTypes($item);

    /**
     * return any value or variable's type list
     *
     * @param  mixed $item
     *         the item to examine
     * @return string[]
     *         the basic type of the examined item
     */
    public static function from($item);
}

Methods

Method	Use
`GetStrictTypes::getStrictTypes()`	object
`GetStrictTypes::from()`	static

Class Contract

Here is the contract for this class:

GanbaroDigital\MissingBits\TypeInspectors\GetStrictTypes
 [x] Can instantiate
 [x] Can use as object
 [x] Can call statically
 [x] Can call as function
 [x] Can get interface names
 [x] Detects callable arrays
 [x] Detects invokeable objects
 [x] Detects stringy objects
 [x] Detects callable strings

Class contracts are built from this class's unit tests.

Future releases of this class will not break this contract.

Future releases of this class may add to this contract. New additions may include:

clarifying existing behaviour (e.g. stricter contract around input or return types)
add new behaviours (e.g. extra trait methods)

When you use this class, you can only rely on the behaviours documented by this contract.

If you:

find other ways to use this class,
or depend on behaviours that are not covered by a unit test,
or depend on undocumented internal states of this class,

... your code may not work in the future.

Notes

None at this time.