php-doc-en/reference/reflection/reflectionenum/isbacked.xml
Larry Garfield 9fe8103520
Document enumerations
Co-authored-by: Yoshinari Takaoka <mumumu@mumumu.org>
Co-authored-by: Sergey Panteleev <sergey@php.net>
Co-authored-by: Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de>

Closes GH-960.
2021-10-29 01:14:57 +02:00

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<refentry xml:id="reflectionenum.isbacked" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<refnamediv>
<refname>ReflectionEnum::isBacked</refname>
<refpurpose>Determines if an Enum is a Backed Enum</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier> <type>bool</type><methodname>ReflectionEnum::isBacked</methodname>
<void />
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
A Backed Enum is one that has a native backing scalar equivalent, either a
<type>string</type> or an <type>int</type>. Not all Enums are backed.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
&no.function.parameters;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&true; if the Enum has a backing scalar, &false; if not.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><methodname>ReflectionEnum::getCase</methodname> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
enum Suit
{
case Hearts;
case Diamonds;
case Clubs;
case Spades;
}
enum BackedSuit: string
{
case Hearts = 'H';
case Diamonds = 'D';
case Clubs = 'C';
case Spades = 'S';
}
var_dump((new ReflectionEnum(Suit::class))->isBacked());
var_dump((new ReflectionEnum(BackedSuit::class))->isBacked());
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
bool(false)
bool(true)
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><link linkend="language.enumerations">Enumerations</link></member>
<member><methodname>ReflectionEnum::getBackingType</methodname></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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