Recognizing Class Follow

Created August 05, 2014 18:37

Lets say a Method returns an array of objects(instances) from class A. Now when i access an element of that array, is there a way to tell PHP/PhpStorm its an instance of class A, so i can use intellisense

$array = someClass->getArrayofObjects

foreach ($array as $element)
{
echo element->getName() //no intellisense
}

2 comments

Andriy Bazanov

Created August 05, 2014 18:48

Hi there,

Use PHPDoc comments, e.g.

/** @var myClass[] $array */
$array = someClass->getArrayofObjects();

$array = someClass->getArrayofObjects();

foreach ($array as $element)
{
/** @var myClass $element */

echo element->getName();
}

or even better -- add proper doc for that actual method, e.g.

/**
* My super useful method
*
* @return myClass[]
*/
public function getArrayOfObjects()
{
// method body

}

Roger Spielmann

Created August 05, 2014 20:20

thanks - proper phpdoc works for me ;)

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