Does not work with php 8.4

[tacman]

Can 8.4 be added? Right now, composer.json locks this library to 8.2 or 8.3

[Ocramius]

Only once all has been tested for 8.4: parser, stubs, and new PHP 8.4 functionality.

The reflection API changed a lot, which may lead to a new major release.

[tacman]

Indeed! Here's an interesting thread on the topic.

https://discourse.thephp.foundation/t/php-dev-asymmetric-visibility-reflection-api-problems/634/2

Should I keep this issue open? PHP 8.4 will be released later this month, as I'm sure you already know.

Thanks for the great library.

[Ocramius]

You can keep the issue open: it is worth noting that 8.4 support may likely arrive sometime next year though.

[tacman]

Is there any way to allow this to run with php 8.4 and not support any of the new features?

I have a maker-bundle that uses this library to read through properties and generate some stubs. I tried bumping a project to 8.4 today that uses the maker-bundle and so it failed as not being installable. I don't really want any of the new features, I just want to install the library.

That it, I uses better-reflection for a tiny part, and don't want to be blocked from installation because of it.

My gut feeling is that if composer had ^8.3, all of my existing code would run, but it wouldn't properly reflect 8.4 code, but that it would work with php 8.3 code running under php 8.4.

Does that make sense? I want my main application to run 8.4, even if better-reflection doesn't work for new 8.4 features.

[Ocramius]

It's not a priority, and it's not a healthy tradeoff to make "just to have something", especially since we extend core API.

Running on PHP 8.3 is just fine, FWIW, until you get your dependencies upgraded.

Alternatively, actively work on implementing PHP 8.4 features here :-)

[tacman]

understood! I'm just excited about property hooks, can't wait to get rid of boilerplate getters and setters.

[Ocramius]

Ya, that's part of what needs to be implemented here, in fact, before we can say that we allow PHP 8.4, otherwise it's just a lie / breach of contract.

[tacman]

Hmm. I don't think it's a lie to run php 8.4 and only support reflecting php 8.3. But I hear what you're saying.

[Ocramius]

I'd rather have a clear boundary, than a very blurry one :-)