Re: How to get the 'return type' of a function?

2010/2/23 Daniel Egeberg <degeberg@php.net> > > 2010/2/23 Dasn <dasn@lavabit.com>: > > Hello guys, I try to use 'ReflectionFunction' to retrieve the info of a > > function. > > For example: > > <?php > > > > $rf = new ReflectionFunction('strstr'); > > echo $rf; > > ?> > > =============== output ================== > > > > Function [ <internal:standard> function strstr ] { > > > >  - Parameters [3] { > >    Parameter #0 [ <required> $haystack ] > >    Parameter #1 [ <required> $needle ] > >    Parameter #2 [ <optional> $part ] > >  } > > } > > > > The problem is there's no 'return type' (i.e. 'string' in this > > example) > > info about the function. > > > > Could you tell me how to retrieve the 'return type'? > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > Dasn > > That's not possible. Consider this function: > > function foo() > { >        switch (rand(0, 1)) { >                case 0: return 42; >                case 1: return 'bar'; >        } > } > > What should the return type be? Mixed? http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.mixed > > -- > Daniel Egeberg > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php