Question

I am using Eclipse PDT and I want to annotate a local variable using Phpdoc.

All I see is that I can annotate the variables/properties of a class using @var or even
@property, but how is this possible for a local variable?

How can I do something like this?

function foo(){
  /** @var Stock $a */
  $a->save();
}

Answer 1

The Phpdoc standard does not cover these annotations (it only cover class properties with the @var tag); however, it is perfectly possible in Eclipse (e.g. PDT):

/* @var $variable Type */
 ^         ^        `--- type
 |      variable           
 |
 `--- single star

This also works in all other PHP IDEs like Netbeans or Phpstorm which is useful if you exchange your code with others.

Example Code:

<?php

/* @var $doc DOMDocument */
$doc->
 

Example Screenshot (Eclipse PDT (Indigo)):

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