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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. spatie/better-types ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) spatie/better-types =================== Improved abstraction for dealing with union and named types. 1.1.0(2mo ago)813.1M—5.6%53MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing Since Sep 3Pushed 2mo ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/spatie/better-types)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/spatie/better-types)[ Docs](https://github.com/spatie/better-types)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/spatie)[ RSS](/packages/spatie-better-types/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (9)Dependencies (4)Versions (12)Used By (3) Better types ============ [](#better-types) Check whether a reflection type or method accepts a given input [![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/417117da5c46dded7cc31a223ad36977422d273148dc0f5cc92261cce7f2d287/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f7370617469652f6265747465722d74797065732e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/spatie/better-types)[![GitHub Tests Action Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c950cc275841cc2b62c07088472de24a94887abdee2357b2d9328c982f73595b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f7370617469652f6265747465722d74797065732f72756e2d74657374733f6c6162656c3d7465737473)](https://github.com/spatie/better-types/actions?query=workflow%3ATests+branch%3Amaster)[![GitHub Code Style Action Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d5e59b4ee92203b380edd1acd317f3acc1811e8210f1a527134f339ba32f2461/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f7370617469652f6265747465722d74797065732f436865636b253230262532306669782532307374796c696e673f6c6162656c3d636f64652532307374796c65)](https://github.com/spatie/better-types/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Check+%26+fix+styling%22+branch%3Amaster)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/20e3d901c9002f6a3a65fa6f8344d2bdcd31437620f522c89c7443c9139e9b0d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f7370617469652f6265747465722d74797065732e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/spatie/better-types) Support us ---------- [](#support-us) [![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5f0d68191059593d08682e692593eb042a4a63836dd2261c56db6deb772bb54a/68747470733a2f2f6769746875622d6164732e73332e65752d63656e7472616c2d312e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f6265747465722d74797065732e6a70673f743d31)](https://spatie.be/github-ad-click/better-types) We invest a lot of resources into creating [best in class open source packages](https://spatie.be/open-source). 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Installation ------------ [](#installation) You can install the package via composer: ``` composer require spatie/better-types ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) Using the `Type` class directly: ``` function (FooInterface $foo) {} $reflectionType = … $type = new Type($reflectionType); $type->accepts(new Foo()); // true $type->accepts('invalid string'); // false ``` Using the `Method` class: ``` function (?FooInterface $foo, ?BarInterface $bar) {} $reflectionMethod = … $method = new Method($reflectionMethod); $method->accepts(new Foo(), new Bar()); // true $method->accepts(bar: new Bar() foo: new Foo()); // true $method->accepts(null, new Bar()); // true $method->accepts(null, null); // true $method->accepts('string', 1); // false $method->accepts(new Foo()); // false, you can't omit values ``` Using `Handlers` to determine which methods accept a given set of input: ``` class Foo { public function acceptsString(string $a) {} public function acceptsStringToo(string $a) {} public function acceptsInt(int $a) {} } $reflectionClass = … $handlers = new Handlers($reflectionClass); $handlers->accepts('string')->all(); // ['acceptsString', 'acceptsStringToo'] $handlers->accepts(1)->first(); // 'acceptsInt' ``` Using the `Attributes` class to find and instantiate attributes with a fluent API: ``` Attributes::new(AttributesTestClass::class) ->instanceOf(AttributesTestAttribute::class) ->first(); ``` Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` composer test ``` Changelog --------- [](#changelog) Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently. 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