Bug #76131 [Opn]: ReflectionParameter names and documentation variable names not matching up

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76131&edit=1 ID: 76131 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: timothy dot fisher at riosalado dot edu Summary: ReflectionParameter names and documentation variable names not matching up Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Reflection related PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: See <https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/3193>. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-03-21 22:47:10] timothy dot fisher at riosalado dot edu Description: ------------ --- From: http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.construct.php http://php.net/manual/en/arrayobject.construct.php --- --- See: https://stackoverflow.com/q/49416234/5749974 --- When reflecting on some native PHP class constructs, the names of the parameters do not match up to the names of the variables in the PHP docs. It also seems as if the type-hint in the docs of the DateTime constructor are missing when using the ReflectionParameter::getClass() method. Test script: --------------- --- See: https://stackoverflow.com/q/49416234/5749974 --- $reflector = new ReflectionClass('DateTime'); $constructor = $reflector->getConstructor(); if ($constructorParams = $constructor->getParameters()) { foreach ($constructorParams as $i => $param) { $name = $param->getClass() ? $param->getClass()->name : $param->name; var_dump($name); } } $reflector = new ReflectionClass('ArrayObject'); $constructor = $reflector->getConstructor(); if ($constructorParams = $constructor->getParameters()) { foreach ($constructorParams as $i => $param) { $name = $param->getClass() ? $param->getClass()->name : $param->name; var_dump($name); } } Expected result: ---------------- DateTime: According to the docs, the names of the parameters should be "time" and "timezone". The type-hints are also missing, for example "timezone" is a "DateTimeZone". ArrayObject: According to the docs, the names of the parameters should be "input", "flags", and "iterator_class". Actual result: -------------- DateTime: Names of the parameters are "time" and "object", with no type-hints. ArrayObject: Names of the parameters are "input", "ar_flags", and "iterator_class" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76131&edit=1