Controlling Anonymous Class Usage
Learn about the anonymous classes introduced in PHP 8.
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Enhancements in anonymous classes in PHP 8
Anonymous classes, by their very definition, do not have a name. However, for the purposes of information, PHP informational functions such as var_dump()
, var_ export()
, get_class()
, and other classes in the Reflection
extension will report the anonymous class simply as class@anonymous
. However, when an anonymous class extends another class or implements an interface, it might be of some use to have PHP informational functions reflect this fact.
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