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Represents a name that is written in source code with a leading dollar, but is not a proper variable. The leading dollar is not stored as part of the name.

Examples: Names in property declarations are formatted as variables. Names in static property lookups are also formatted as variables.

CloneableInstantiable
Properties
public string PhpParser\Node\Identifier::$name
 
  • psalm-var non-empty-string
  • var string Identifier as string
Methods
public PhpParser\Node\Identifier::__construct(string $name, array $attributes = [])
 

Constructs an identifier node.

  • param string $name Identifier as string
  • param array<string,mixed> $attributes Additional attributes
public PhpParser\Node\Identifier::__toString() : string
 

Get identifier as string.

  • psalm-return non-empty-string
  • return string Identifier as string
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getAttribute(string $key, $default = NULL)
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getAttributes() : array
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getComments() : array
 

Gets all comments directly preceding this node.

The comments are also available through the "comments" attribute.

  • return \Comment[]
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getDocComment() : ?PhpParser\Comment\Doc
 

Gets the doc comment of the node.

  • return null|\Comment\Doc Doc comment object or null
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getEndFilePos() : int
 

Gets the file offset of the last character that is part of this node.

Requires the 'endFilePos' attribute to be enabled in the lexer (DISABLED by default).

  • return int File end position (or -1 if not available)
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getEndLine() : int
 

Gets the line the node ended in.

Requires the 'endLine' attribute to be enabled in the lexer (enabled by default).

  • return int End line (or -1 if not available)
  • phpstan-return -1|positive-int
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getEndTokenPos() : int
 

Gets the token offset of the last token that is part of this node.

The offset is an index into the array returned by Lexer::getTokens().

Requires the 'endTokenPos' attribute to be enabled in the lexer (DISABLED by default).

  • return int Token end position (or -1 if not available)
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getLine() : int
 

Gets line the node started in (alias of getStartLine).

  • return int Start line (or -1 if not available)
  • phpstan-return -1|positive-int
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getStartFilePos() : int
 

Gets the file offset of the first character that is part of this node.

Requires the 'startFilePos' attribute to be enabled in the lexer (DISABLED by default).

  • return int File start position (or -1 if not available)
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getStartLine() : int
 

Gets line the node started in.

Requires the 'startLine' attribute to be enabled in the lexer (enabled by default).

  • return int Start line (or -1 if not available)
  • phpstan-return -1|positive-int
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::getStartTokenPos() : int
 

Gets the token offset of the first token that is part of this node.

The offset is an index into the array returned by Lexer::getTokens().

Requires the 'startTokenPos' attribute to be enabled in the lexer (DISABLED by default).

  • return int Token start position (or -1 if not available)
public PhpParser\Node\Identifier::getSubNodeNames() : array
public getType() : string
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::hasAttribute(string $key) : bool
public PhpParser\Node\Identifier::isSpecialClassName() : bool
 

Checks whether the identifier is a special class name (self, parent or static).

  • return bool Whether identifier is a special class name
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::jsonSerialize() : array
 
  • return array<string,mixed>
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::setAttribute(string $key, $value) : void
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::setAttributes(array $attributes) : void
public PhpParser\NodeAbstract::setDocComment(PhpParser\Comment\Doc $docComment) : void
 

Sets the doc comment of the node.

This will either replace an existing doc comment or add it to the comments array.

  • param \Comment\Doc $docComment Doc comment to set
public PhpParser\Node\Identifier::toLowerString() : string
 

Get lowercased identifier as string.

  • psalm-return non-empty-string&lowercase-string
  • return string Lowercased identifier as string
public PhpParser\Node\Identifier::toString() : string
 

Get identifier as string.

  • psalm-return non-empty-string
  • return string Identifier as string.
Properties
protected array PhpParser\NodeAbstract::$attributes
 
  • var array<string,mixed> Attributes
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