jawitold/enum-attribute-lookup-bundle

A Symfony bundle for automated discovery and runtime lookup of PHP 8.1+ Enum case attributes.

1.0.1 2026-04-23 07:45 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.1
• symfony/config: ^7.0|^8.0
• symfony/dependency-injection: ^7.0|^8.0
• symfony/http-kernel: ^7.0|^8.0

Requires (Dev)

• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.94
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.1

MIT

• JaWitold

• symfony
• metadata
• bundle
• attributes
• enum
• lookup
• php8

README

This Symfony bundle provides a way to look up attributes on PHP enum cases at runtime. It gathers metadata from attributes that implement EnumCaseAttributeInterface and makes it accessible through a trait.

Key Features

• Automated Metadata Collection: A compiler pass scans your project's src directory for enums using the AttributeLookupTrait.
• Selective Attribution: Only attributes that implement EnumCaseAttributeInterface are gathered, preventing unwanted overhead.
• Fast Runtime Lookups: Attributes are stored in a static registry, which is initialized once when the Symfony kernel boots.

Installation

Add the bundle to your Symfony project via Composer:

composer require jawitold/enum-attribute-lookup-bundle

The bundle should be automatically registered by Symfony Flex. If not, add it to your config/bundles.php:

return [
    // ...
    JaWitold\EnumAttributeLookupBundle\JaWitoldEnumAttributeLookupBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

Usage

1. Create a Metadata Attribute

Define an attribute class that implements EnumCaseAttributeInterface:

namespace App\Attribute;

use JaWitold\EnumAttributeLookupBundle\Contract\EnumCaseAttributeInterface;

#[\Attribute(\Attribute::TARGET_CLASS_CONSTANT)]
class RoleMetadata implements EnumCaseAttributeInterface
{
    public function __construct(
        public string $label,
        public string $icon = 'user',
    ) {}
}

2. Apply to an Enum

Apply the attribute to your enum cases and use the AttributeLookupTrait:

namespace App\Enum;

use App\Attribute\RoleMetadata;
use JaWitold\EnumAttributeLookupBundle\AttributeLookupTrait;use JaWitold\EnumAttributeLookupBundle\AttributeLookupTrait;

enum UserRole: string
{
    use AttributeLookupTrait;

    #[RoleMetadata(label: 'Administrator', icon: 'shield')]
    case Admin = 'admin';

    #[RoleMetadata(label: 'Standard User')]
    case User = 'user';
}

3. Query the Enum

Use the methods provided by AttributeLookupTrait to retrieve cases or their metadata.

Get Cases by Attribute Class

// Returns a list of cases that have a RoleMetadata attribute
$cases = UserRole::getCasesByAttribute(RoleMetadata::class);

Get Attributes for a Specific Case

// Returns a list of RoleMetadata objects applied to the Admin case
$attributes = UserRole::getAttributes(UserRole::Admin, fn ($attr) => $attr instanceof RoleMetadata);
$label = $attributes[0]->label; // 'Administrator'

Custom Case Filtering

// Returns cases that have a RoleMetadata attribute with a specific label
$cases = UserRole::getCases(fn (object $attr) => $attr instanceof RoleMetadata && $attr->label === 'Administrator');

How It Works

1. Compilation: The EnumAttributesCompilerPass scans all PHP files in your src/ directory.
2. Identification: It identifies enums using AttributeLookupTrait.
3. Extraction: For each identified enum, it extracts attributes implementing EnumCaseAttributeInterface from each case.
4. Service Registration: Each unique attribute is registered as a service in the container, ensuring that dependencies can be injected if needed (though typically they are just data objects).
5. Initialization: The EnumRegistry is tagged as a kernel.boot listener and is initialized with the map of enums and their attributes once at runtime.

Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or higher
• Symfony 7.0 or higher