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PHP Attributes

Description

Introduced in PHP 8.0. Attributes1 are a way to add metadata to classes. Stitcher2 has an article that goes in depth.

Syntax

use App\Attributes\ExampleAttribute;

#[ExampleAttribute]
class Foo
{
    #[ExampleAttribute]
    public const FOO = 'foo';

    #[ExampleAttribute]
    public $x;

    #[ExampleAttribute]
    public function foo(#[ExampleAttribute] $bar) { }
}
#[Attribute]
class ExampleAttribute
{
    public $value;

    public function __construct($value)
    {
        $this->value = $value;
    }
}

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