Examples

    Example #1 Basic limited values

    <?php

    enum SortOrder
    {
    case     Asc;
    case     Desc;
    }

    function     query($fields, $filter, SortOrder $order = SortOrder::Asc)
    {
    /* ... */
    }
    ?>

    The query() function can now proceed safe in the knowledge that $order is guaranteed to be either SortOrder::Asc or SortOrder::Desc. Any other value would have resulted in a TypeError, so no further error checking or testing is needed.

    Example #2 Advanced exclusive values

    <?php

    enum UserStatus: string
    {
    case     Pending = 'P';
    case     Active = 'A';
    case     Suspended = 'S';
    case     CanceledByUser = 'C';

    public function     label(): string
    {
    return match(    $this) {
    static::    Pending => 'Pending',
    static::    Active => 'Active',
    static::    Suspended => 'Suspended',
    static::    CanceledByUser => 'Canceled by user',
    };
    }
    }
    ?>

    In this example, a user's status may be one of, and exclusively, UserStatus::Pending, UserStatus::Active, UserStatus::Suspended, or UserStatus::CanceledByUser. A function can type a parameter against UserStatus and then only accept those four values, period.

    All four values have a label() method, which returns a human-readable string. That string is independent of the "machine name" scalar equivalent string, which can be used in, for example, a database field or an HTML select box.

    <?php

    foreach (UserStatus::cases() as $case) {
    printf('<option value="%s">%s</option>\n', $case->value, $case->label());
    }
    ?>

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    10 months ago
    Additional use-case examples:
    <?php

    trait EnumNamesTrait
    {
    abstract public static function     cases(): array;

    public static function     names(): array
    {
    return     array_map(fn($enum) => $enum->name, static::cases());
    }
    }

    trait     EnumValuesTrait
    {
    abstract public static function     cases(): array;

    public static function     values(): array
    {
    return     array_map(fn($enum) => $enum->value, static::cases());
    }
    }

    trait     EnumArraySerializableTrait
    {
    use     EnumNamesTrait;
    use     EnumValuesTrait;

    public static function array(): array
    {
    return     array_combine(static::names(), static::values());
    }
    }

    trait     EnumJsonSerializableTrait
    {
    use     EnumArraySerializableTrait;

    public static function     jsonSerialize(): string
    {
    return     json_encode(static::array());
    }
    }

    enum     Suit: string
    {
    case     Clubs = '♣';
    case     Diamonds = '♦';
    case     Hearts = '♥';
    case     Spades = '♠';

    use     EnumJsonSerializableTrait;

    public const DEFAULT =     self::Hearts;

    public static function default(): static
    {
    return     self::DEFAULT;
    }
    }

    var_dump(
    Suit::cases(),
    Suit::values(),
    Suit::names(),
    Suit::array(),
    Suit::jsonSerialize(),
    Suit::default(),
    );
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