Annotations¶
PHP annotations are a system to provide meta data about code, in a way that is programmatically processable.
PHP annotations are based on PHPDoc comment’s syntax, and were later partially modernized by PHP attributes.
<?php
/**
* <description of foo>
* @param int $a : <description of the parameter>
* @return int : <description of the returned value>
*/
function foo(int $a) {
// This annotation cannot be turned into an attribute
/**
* @var int $b : <description of the variable>
*/
$b = $a + 1;
return $b;
}
?>
See also Understanding annotations and Annotating Types via PHP Doc Comments.
Related packages : php-annotations/php-annotations
