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perf/type-validation
====================

Allows to check if a variable is of the expected type, using a type specification string like the ones in PHPDoc blocks (int, \\Foo\\Bar\[\], null|string, etc).

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type validation
===============

[](#type-validation)

This package allows to check if a variable is of the expected type, using a type specification string like the ones in PHPDoc blocks.

Type specifications strings can be like the following:

```
- integer
- scalar
- mixed
- string
- float[]
- int[][]
- {string:float}
- {int:\My\Stuff}
- {int:string}[]
- resource
- int|string
- {string:{int:\My\Stuff|int[]}}[]

```

etc.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Static validation with exceptions

[](#static-validation-with-exceptions)

```