reedware / is-attribute
Adds truth test helper for checking if class is an attribute.
Requires
- php: >=8.0
Requires (Dev)
- laravel/pint: ^1.10
- pestphp/pest: ^2.6
- phpstan/phpstan: ^1.4.7
This package is auto-updated.
Last update: 2024-11-25 22:46:27 UTC
README
This package adds a truth test helper for checking if class is an attribute.
Introduction
PHP Attributes were introduced in PHP 8.0. From the documentation, you can see that Attributes are defined similar to classes:
#[Attribute] class SetUp { // }
However, if you're handed the name of a class, there's no good way to know if that class is a PHP Attribute or not. This is where the is_attribute()
method, as defined by this package, comes in.
Installation
Install this package using Composer:
composer require reedware/is-attribute
Usage
function is_attribute(string|object|null $class, ?int $target = null, int $match = TARGET_MATCH_EQUALS): bool
Class Argument
Let's start with the basics. For more use-cases, you'll only need to pass one parameter to is_attribute()
, being the class itself.
Here's an example of that:
echo is_attribute(SetUp::class); // true echo is_attribute(CopyFile::class); // false
Target Argument
If you care what targets the attributes support, this is where an optional second parameter comes in.
For example, you can define an attribute like so:
#[Attribute(Attribute::TARGET_CLASS_CONSTANT|Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY)] class Serialize { // }
This defines a Serialize
attribute that can applied to a class or property.
To check if an attribute can be applied to a class or property, you can pass in targets as the second parameter to is_attribute
:
echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_CLASS_CONSTANT|Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY); // true
Note that checking one or the other will return false:
echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_CLASS_CONSTANT); // false echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY); // false
When the second argument is not specified (e.g. null
), the specified class must simply be an Attribute, regardless of target. This is different from passing in Attribute::TARGET_ALL
as the second argument, which will require the attribute to specify all targets (which is the default).
echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_ALL); // false
This is because the second parameter must be an exact match to the attribute.
Match Argument
If you don't want to do an exact match, you can use the optional third parameter.
TARGET_MATCH_EQUALS
This is the default value of the third argument, and exhibits the behavior already described above.
TARGET_MATCH_INCLUDES
This match setting requires ALL of the provided targets to be included (e.g. and/conjunction).
echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_CLASS_CONSTANT, TARGET_MATCH_INCLUDES); // true echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY, TARGET_MATCH_INCLUDES); // true echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY | Attribute::TARGET_PARAMETER, TARGET_MATCH_INCLUDES); // false
TARGET_MATCH_ANY
This match setting requires ANY of the provided targets to be included (e.g. or/disjunction).
echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_CLASS_CONSTANT, TARGET_MATCH_INCLUDES); // true echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY, TARGET_MATCH_INCLUDES); // true echo is_attribute(Serialize::class, Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY | Attribute::TARGET_PARAMETER, TARGET_MATCH_INCLUDES); // true