Req #63668 [Opn->Csd]: Unable to replicate method signature if the method uses "self"

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63668&edit=1 ID: 63668 Updated by: nikic@php.net Reported by: dev at jurajsplayground dot com Summary: Unable to replicate method signature if the method uses "self" -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Reflection related Operating System: Linux/GNU PHP Version: 5.4.9 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: nikic Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Since PHP 7 it is possible to retrieve this information through ReflectionType. See https://3v4l.org/nM5RO for an example. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-12-02 09:41:39] dev at jurajsplayground dot com Description: ------------ I was trying to mock a ZF class using PHPUnit which has a method that hints a parameter as "self" rather than using the class name. ReflectionParameter::getClass() returns the correct class name, however, there is no way to find out that the actual method signature used "self" rather than the class name. See: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit-mock-objects/issues/107 https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/issues/2977 While this behaviour is expected, using echo() on the parameters outputs "Parameter #0 [ <required> self $merge ]" (we can see it's not "Config" but "self") while using getClass() returns the "self" turned into ReflectionClass. Could another method be added to ReflectionParameter that returns the raw "type hint", i.e. "self" so that method's signature can be properly replicated for testing? Test script: --------------- class Config { public function merge(self $merge){ } } $ref = new ReflectionMethod("Config", "merge"); echo current($ref->getParameters()) , " ", current($ref->getParameters())->getClass()->name; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63668&edit=1