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dbalabka/php-enumeration
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Implementation of Enumeration Classes in PHP. The better alternative for Enums

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PHP Enumeration classes
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[](#php-enumeration-classes)

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Implementation of [Enumeration Classes](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/microservices/microservice-ddd-cqrs-patterns/enumeration-classes-over-enum-types) in PHP. The better alternative for Enums.

In contrast to [existing solutions](#existing-solutions), this implementation avoids usage of [Magic methods](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php) and [Reflection](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.reflection.php) to provide better performance and code autocompletion. The Enumeration class holds a reference to a single Enum element represented as an object (singleton) to provide the possiblity to use strict (`===`) comparision between the values. Also, it uses static properties that can utilize the power of [Typed Properties](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/typed_properties_v2). The Enumeration Classes are much closer to other language implementations like [Java Enums](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/enum.html)and [Python Enums](https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html).

Declaration
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[](#declaration)

A basic way to declare a named Enumeration class:

```