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[Directory](/) 2. / 3. voku/better-reflection Abandoned → [roave/better-reflection](/?search=roave%2Fbetter-reflection)Library voku/better-reflection ====================== Better Reflection - an improved code reflection API 4.10.0(5y ago)1286[1 PRs](https://github.com/voku/BetterReflection/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.4.1,<7.5.0 Since Nov 2Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/voku/BetterReflection)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/voku/better-reflection)[ RSS](/packages/voku-better-reflection/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (10)Versions (120)Used By (0) Better Reflection ================= [](#better-reflection) [![Build status](https://github.com/voku/BetterReflection/workflows/Build/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/ondrejmirtes/BetterReflection/actions?query=workflow%3ABuild+branch%3Amaster)[![Type Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2509540d77c6993ea3af9c0cd074d266b973bdc9b457b1cbcc931966f6db2210/68747470733a2f2f73686570686572642e6465762f6769746875622f766f6b752f4265747465725265666c656374696f6e2f636f7665726167652e737667)](https://shepherd.dev/github/voku/BetterReflection)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a0d95d2bc35ec9f28b7fffcf6543798530b2eaae29e3627115a709e73c465d94/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766f6b752f6265747465722d7265666c656374696f6e2f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/voku/better-reflection)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5f98aa086154757f2a114c9e412786d1cbfd5ab7a8969f5e820966d7828ac8cd/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766f6b752f6265747465722d7265666c656374696f6e2f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/voku/better-reflection) Better Reflection is a reflection API that aims to improve and provide more features than PHP's built-in [reflection API](https://php.net/manual/en/book.reflection.php). **This fork brings back support for PHP 7.2** **This fork is a fork from ondrejmirtes/BetterReflection** --- ***I will only push into that master branch, please do not use a tag of this fork fork!*** Limitations ----------- [](#limitations) - PHP cannot autoload functions, therefore we cannot statically reflect functions License ------- [](#license) This package is released under the [MIT license](LICENSE). ### Health Score 36 — LowBetter than 82% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity13 Limited adoption so far Community20 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity80 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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