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<NeverSingleton types>
^TypesLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Relative class types

These type declarations can only be used within classes.

self

The value must be an instanceof the same class as the one in which the type declaration is used.

parent

The value must be an instanceof a parent of the class in which the type declaration is used.

static

static is a return-only type which requires that the value returned must be an instanceof the same class as the one the method is called in. Available as of PHP 8.0.0.


<NeverSingleton types>
^TypesLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026