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paragonie/stern
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Stern lets you built type-safe PHP projects, even if your project's users aren't writing type-safe code

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Stern
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[](#stern)

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Stern lets you built type-safe PHP projects, even if your project's users aren't writing type-safe code.

**Requires PHP 7+**

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Using Stern is simply:

1. Make your class use the `SternTrait`.
2. Rename your methods from `whateverName` to `strictWhateverName`.
3. Enjoy strict-typing whether your users like it or not.

Example
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[](#example)

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