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Psalm PHP Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Cheat sheet for PHP type hinting using Psalm (or PHPStan)

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Scalar types

bool
Boolean
 
float
Float
 
string
String
 
int
Integer
 
int<-1, 3>
Range of integers -1 through 3
 
int<min, 0>
Use 
min
for 
PHP_IN­T_MIN
 
int<0, max>
Use 
max
for 
PHP_IN­T_MAX
 
int-ma­sk<1, 2, 4>
Bitmask combin­ation of its parameters (corre­sponds to 
0|1|2|­3|4­|5|6|7
)
 
int-ma­sk-­of<­Cla­ss:­:CO­NST­ANT­_*>
Correspond to 
0|1|2|­3|4­|5|6|7
if there are three constants 
CONSTA­NT_­{A,B,C}
with values 
1
, 
2
and 
4
.
 
array-key
Supertype (not a union) of 
int
and 
string
 
numeric
Supertype of 
int
or 
float
or 
numeri­c-s­tring
 
class-­string
Expect a class string 
::class
 
class-­str­ing­<My­Cla­ss>
Expects a specific class string 
MyClas­s::­class
 
interf­ace­-string
Similar to class-­string, but expects interf­ace(s)
 
trait-­string
Similar to class-­string, but expects trait(s)
 
enum-s­tring
Similar to class-­string, but expects enum(s)
 
callab­le-­string
Denotes a string value that has passed an 
is_cal­lable
check
 
numeri­c-s­tring
Denotes a string value that has passed an is_numeric check
 
litera­l-s­tring
Denotes a string value that is entirely composed of strings
 
litera­l-int
Denotes an int value that is entirely composed of literal integers in your applic­ation
 
lowerc­ase­-string
Lowercase string
 
non-em­pty­-string
String that is not empty
 
non-em­pty­-lo­wer­cas­e-s­tring
String that is not empty AND lowercase

Property declar­ation types

@var string­|null
Indicates property is a string or null
 
@var string $a
Indicates variable $a is a string
 
@param 'a'|'b' $s
Param $s is "­a" or "­b"
 
@param A::FOO | A::BAR $s
Param $s is const 
A::FOO
or 
A::BAR
 
@param A::STA­TUS_* $s
Param $s is any const of 
A
prefixed with 
STATUS_