Syntax

@property[<-read|-write>] [Type] [name] [<description>]

Description

The @property tag is used when a class or trait implements the \__get() and/or \__set() "magic" methods to resolve non-literal properties at run-time.

The @property-read and @property-write variants MAY be used to indicate "magic" properties that can only be read or written.

For example, the @property-read tag could be used when a class contains a \__get() magic method which allows for specific names, while those names are not covered in the \__set() magic method.

The @property , @property-read and @property-write tags can ONLY be used in a PHPDoc that is associated with a class or trait .

Effects in phpDocumentor

Structural Elements of type class or trait tagged with the @property , @property-read or @property-write tag will show an extra property in their property listing matching the data provided with this tag.

Examples

class Parent
{
    public function __get()
    {
        <...>
    }

    public function __set()
    {
        <...>
    }
}

/**
 * @property       string $myProperty
 * @property-read  string $myReadOnlyProperty
 * @property-write string $myWriteOnlyProperty
 */
class Child extends Parent
{
    <...>
}

In the following concrete example, a class User implements the magic __get() method, in order to implement a "magic", read-only $full_name property:

/**
 * @property-read string $full_name
 */
class User
{
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    public $first_name;

    /**
     * @var string
     */
    public $last_name;

    public function __get($name)
    {
        if ($name === "full_name") {
            return "{$this->first_name} {$this->last_name}";
        }
    }
}