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<h1 class="refname">ReflectionType::__toString</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ReflectionType::__toString</span> — <span class="dc-title">To string</span></p>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function has been
<em class="emphasis">DEPRECATED</em> as of PHP 7.1.0. Relying on this function
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ReflectionType::__toString</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Gets the parameter type name.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the type of the parameter.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="methodname"><strong>ReflectionType::__toString()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">someFunction</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">string $param</span><span style="color: #007700">) {}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$reflectionFunc </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ReflectionFunction</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'someFunction'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$reflectionParam </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$reflectionFunc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getParameters</span><span style="color: #007700">()[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">];<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$reflectionParam</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getType</span><span style="color: #007700">();</span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
string
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-reflectiontype.tostring-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"><span class="methodname"><a href="reflectionnamedtype.getname.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ReflectionNamedType::getName()</a> - Get the text of the type hint</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="methodname"><a href="reflectiontype.allowsnull.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ReflectionType::allowsNull()</a> - Checks if null is allowed</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="methodname"><a href="reflectiontype.isbuiltin.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ReflectionType::isBuiltin()</a> - Checks if it is a built-in type</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="methodname"><a href="reflectionparameter.gettype.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ReflectionParameter::getType()</a> - Gets a parameter's type</span></li>
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