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Better Reflection
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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).
## Why is it better?
* You can reflect on classes that are not already loaded, without loading them
* Ability to reflect on classes directly from a string of PHP code
* Better Reflection analyses the DocBlocks (using [phpdocumentor/type-resolver](https://github.com/phpDocumentor/TypeResolver))
* Reflecting directly on closures
* Ability to extract AST from methods and functions
* Ability to return AST representation of a class or function
* Fetch return type declaration and parameter type declarations in PHP 7 code
* Change or remove PHP 7 parameter type and return type declarations from methods and functions
* Change the body of a function or method to do something different
* *Moar stuff coming soon!*
Be sure to read more in the [feature documentation](docs/features.md).
## Installation
Require using composer:
```shell
$ composer require roave/better-reflection
```
## Usage
```php
<?php
use Roave\BetterReflection\BetterReflection;
$classInfo = (new BetterReflection())
->classReflector()
->reflect(\Foo\Bar\MyClass::class);
```
## Documentation
* [Compatibility with core Reflection API](docs/compatibility.md)
* [Basic usage instructions](docs/usage.md)
* [Using types](docs/types.md)
* [The features](docs/features.md)
* [Test suite](https://github.com/Roave/BetterReflection/blob/master/test/README.md)
* [AST extraction](docs/ast-extraction.md)
* [Reflection modification](docs/reflection-modification.md)
## Upgrading
Please refer to the [Upgrade Documentation](UPGRADE.md) documentation to see what is required to upgrade your installed
`BetterReflection` version.
## Limitations
* PHP cannot autoload functions, therefore we cannot statically reflect functions
## License
This package is released under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
## Contributing
If you wish to contribute to the project, please read the [CONTRIBUTING notes](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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