Node Overview for PHP-Parser 5.6 (2025)

Here you can find overview of commonly used nodes and how to build PHP code from them. For all nodes, check php-parser code.

`PhpParser\Node\ArrayItem`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrayItem; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $value = new Variable('Tom'); $key = new String_('name'); return new ArrayItem($value, $key);

↓

'name' => $Tom

Public Properties

$key - /** @var null|Expr Key */
$value - /** @var Expr Value */
$byRef - /** @var bool Whether to assign by reference */
$unpack - /** @var bool Whether to unpack the argument */

`PhpParser\Node\ClosureUse`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ClosureUse; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new ClosureUse($variable);

↓

$variableName

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr\Variable Variable to use */
$byRef - /** @var bool Whether to use by reference */

`PhpParser\Node\Const_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Const_; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; return new Const_('CONSTANT_NAME', new String_('default'));

↓

CONSTANT_NAME = 'default'

Public Properties

$name - /** @var Identifier Name */
$value - /** @var Expr Value */
$namespacedName - /** @var Name|null Namespaced name (if using NameResolver) */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrayDimFetch`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrayDimFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); $dimension = new Int_(0); return new ArrayDimFetch($variable, $dimension);

↓

$variableName[0]

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr Variable */
$dim - /** @var null|Expr Array index / dim */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Array_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Array_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrayItem; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $value = new Variable('Tom'); $key = new String_('name'); $arrayItem = new ArrayItem($value, $key); return new Array_([$arrayItem]);

↓

['name' => $Tom]

Public Properties

$items - /** @var ArrayItem[] Items */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrowFunction`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrowFunction; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $subNodes['expr'] = new Int_(1); return new ArrowFunction($subNodes);

↓

fn() => 1

Public Properties

$static - /** @var bool Whether the closure is static */
$byRef - /** @var bool Whether to return by reference */
$params - /** @var Node\Param[] */
$returnType - /** @var null|Node\Identifier|Node\Name|Node\ComplexType */
$expr - /** @var Expr Expression body */
$attrGroups - /** @var Node\AttributeGroup[] */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Assign`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Assign; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); $value = new String_('some value'); return new Assign($variable, $value);

↓

$variableName = 'some value'

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Assign; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\PropertyFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $propertyFetch = new PropertyFetch(new Variable('someObject'), 'someProperty'); $value = new String_('some value'); return new Assign($propertyFetch, $value);

↓

$someObject->someProperty = 'some value'

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr Variable */
$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\AssignOp\Coalesce`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\AssignOp\Coalesce; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new Coalesce($left, $right);

↓

5 ??= 10

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr Variable */
$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\AssignOp\Concat`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\AssignOp\Concat; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new Concat($left, $right);

↓

5 .= 10

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr Variable */
$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\BooleanAnd`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\BooleanAnd; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new BooleanAnd($left, $right);

↓

5 && 10

Public Properties

$left - /** @var Expr The left hand side expression */
$right - /** @var Expr The right hand side expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Coalesce`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Coalesce; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new Coalesce($left, $right);

↓

5 ?? 10

Public Properties

$left - /** @var Expr The left hand side expression */
$right - /** @var Expr The right hand side expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Concat`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Concat; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new Concat($left, $right);

↓

5 . 10

Public Properties

$left - /** @var Expr The left hand side expression */
$right - /** @var Expr The right hand side expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Equal`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Equal; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new Equal($left, $right);

↓

5 == 10

Public Properties

$left - /** @var Expr The left hand side expression */
$right - /** @var Expr The right hand side expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Identical`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Identical; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new Identical($left, $right);

↓

5 === 10

Public Properties

$left - /** @var Expr The left hand side expression */
$right - /** @var Expr The right hand side expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Minus`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Minus; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new Minus($left, $right);

↓

5 - 10

Public Properties

$left - /** @var Expr The left hand side expression */
$right - /** @var Expr The right hand side expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\NotEqual`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\NotEqual; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new NotEqual($left, $right);

↓

5 != 10

Public Properties

$left - /** @var Expr The left hand side expression */
$right - /** @var Expr The right hand side expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\NotIdentical`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\NotIdentical; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new NotIdentical($left, $right);

↓

5 !== 10

Public Properties

$left - /** @var Expr The left hand side expression */
$right - /** @var Expr The right hand side expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Spaceship`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Spaceship; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; $left = new Int_(5); $right = new Int_(10); return new Spaceship($left, $right);

↓

5 <=> 10

Public Properties

$left - /** @var Expr The left hand side expression */
$right - /** @var Expr The right hand side expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BooleanNot`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BooleanNot; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('isEligible'); return new BooleanNot($variable);

↓

!$isEligible

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Array_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Array_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $expr = new Variable('variableName'); return new Array_($expr);

↓

(array) $variableName

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Bool_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Bool_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $expr = new Variable('variableName'); return new Bool_($expr);

↓

(bool) $variableName

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Int_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Int_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $expr = new Variable('variableName'); return new Int_($expr);

↓

(int) $variableName

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\String_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\String_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $expr = new Variable('variableName'); return new String_($expr);

↓

(string) $variableName

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\ClassConstFetch`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ClassConstFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified; $class = new FullyQualified('SomeClassName'); return new ClassConstFetch($class, 'SOME_CONSTANT');

↓

\SomeClassName::SOME_CONSTANT

Public Properties

$class - /** @var Name|Expr Class name */
$name - /** @var Identifier|Expr|Error Constant name */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\ConstFetch`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ConstFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Name; $name = new Name('true'); return new ConstFetch($name);

↓

true

Public Properties

$name - /** @var Name Constant name */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Empty_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Empty_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new Empty_($variable);

↓

empty($variableName)

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Eval_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Eval_; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $string = new String_('Some php code'); return new Eval_(new String_('Some php code'));

↓

eval('Some php code')

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\FuncCall`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Arg; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\FuncCall; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Name; $args = [new Arg(new Variable('someVariable'))]; return new FuncCall(new Name('func_call'), $args);

↓

func_call($someVariable)

Public Properties

$name - /** @var Node\Name|Expr Function name */
$args - /** @var array<Node\Arg|Node\VariadicPlaceholder> Arguments */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Include_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Include_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new Include_($variable, Include_::TYPE_INCLUDE);

↓

include $variableName

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Include_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new Include_($variable, Include_::TYPE_REQUIRE_ONCE);

↓

require_once $variableName

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */
$type - /** @var int Type of include */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Instanceof_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Instanceof_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); $class = new FullyQualified('SomeClassName'); return new Instanceof_($variable, $class);

↓

$variableName instanceof \SomeClassName

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Expr Expression */
$class - /** @var Name|Expr Class name */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Isset_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Isset_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new Isset_([$variable]);

↓

isset($variableName)

Public Properties

$vars - /** @var Expr[] Variables */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\List_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrayItem; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\List_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); $anotherVariable = new Variable('anotherVariableName'); $arrayItems = [new ArrayItem($variable), new ArrayItem($anotherVariable)]; return new List_($arrayItems);

↓

[$variableName, $anotherVariableName]

Public Properties

$items - /** @var (ArrayItem|null)[] List of items to assign to */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Match_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Match_; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\MatchArm; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); $body = new String_('yes'); $cond = new Int_(1); $matchArm = new MatchArm([$cond], $body); return new Match_($variable, [$matchArm]);

↓

match ($variableName) { 1 => 'yes', }

Public Properties

$cond - /** @var Node\Expr Condition */
$arms - /** @var MatchArm[] */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('someObject'); return new MethodCall($variable, 'methodName');

↓

$someObject->methodName()

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Arg; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $variable = new Variable('someObject'); $args = []; $args[] = new Arg(new String_('yes')); $methodCall = new MethodCall($variable, 'methodName', $args); $nestedMethodCall = new MethodCall($methodCall, 'nextMethodName'); return $nestedMethodCall;

↓

$someObject->methodName('yes')->nextMethodName()

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\PropertyFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $thisVariable = new Variable('this'); $propertyFetch = new PropertyFetch($thisVariable, 'someProperty'); return new MethodCall($propertyFetch, 'methodName');

↓

$this->someProperty->methodName()

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Arg; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $variable = new Variable('someObject'); $args = []; $args[] = new Arg(new String_('yes')); $args[] = new Arg(new String_('maybe')); return new MethodCall($variable, 'methodName', $args);

↓

$someObject->methodName('yes', 'maybe')

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr Variable holding object */
$name - /** @var Identifier|Expr Method name */
$args - /** @var array<Arg|VariadicPlaceholder> Arguments */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\New_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); // anonymous class use PhpParser\Node\Expr\New_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_; $class = new Class_(null); return new New_($class);

↓

new class { }

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\New_; use PhpParser\Node\Name; $class = new Name('SomeClass'); return new New_($class);

↓

new SomeClass()

Public Properties

$class - /** @var Node\Name|Expr|Node\Stmt\Class_ Class name */
$args - /** @var array<Arg|VariadicPlaceholder> Arguments */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\NullsafeMethodCall`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\NullsafeMethodCall; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new NullsafeMethodCall($variable, 'methodName');

↓

$variableName?->methodName()

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr Variable holding object */
$name - /** @var Identifier|Expr Method name */
$args - /** @var array<Arg|VariadicPlaceholder> Arguments */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\NullsafePropertyFetch`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\NullsafePropertyFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new NullsafePropertyFetch($variable, 'someProperty');

↓

$variableName?->someProperty

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr Variable holding object */
$name - /** @var Identifier|Expr Property name */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\PropertyFetch`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\PropertyFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new PropertyFetch($variable, 'propertyName');

↓

$variableName->propertyName

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr Variable holding object */
$name - /** @var Identifier|Expr Property name */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\StaticCall`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\StaticCall; use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified; $fullyQualified = new FullyQualified('ClassName'); return new StaticCall($fullyQualified, 'methodName');

↓

\ClassName::methodName()

Public Properties

$class - /** @var Node\Name|Expr Class name */
$name - /** @var Identifier|Expr Method name */
$args - /** @var array<Arg|VariadicPlaceholder> Arguments */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\StaticPropertyFetch`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\StaticPropertyFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified; $class = new FullyQualified('StaticClassName'); return new StaticPropertyFetch($class, 'someProperty');

↓

\StaticClassName::$someProperty

Public Properties

$class - /** @var Name|Expr Class name */
$name - /** @var VarLikeIdentifier|Expr Property name */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Ternary`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ConstFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Ternary; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Name; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); $trueConstFetch = new ConstFetch(new Name('true')); $falseConstFetch = new ConstFetch(new Name('false')); return new Ternary($variable, $trueConstFetch, $falseConstFetch);

↓

$variableName ? true : false

Public Properties

$cond - /** @var Expr Condition */
$if - /** @var null|Expr Expression for true */
$else - /** @var Expr Expression for false */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Throw_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Throw_; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $string = new String_('some string'); return new Throw_($string);

↓

throw 'some string'

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Throw_; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $string = new String_('some string'); return new Throw_($string);

↓

throw 'some string'

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Node\Expr Expression */

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; return new Variable('variableName');

↓

$variableName

Public Properties

$name - /** @var string|Expr Name */

`PhpParser\Node\MatchArm`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\MatchArm; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; $conds = [new Int_(1)]; $body = new String_('yes'); return new MatchArm($conds, $body);

↓

1 => 'yes'

Public Properties

$conds - /** @var null|list<Node\Expr> */
$body - ``

`PhpParser\Node\Name`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Name; return new Name('shortName');

↓

shortName

Public Properties

$name - `/**
- @psalm-var non-empty-string
- @var string Name as string */`
$specialClassNames - /** @var array<string, bool> */

`PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified; return new FullyQualified('SomeNamespace\ShortName');

↓

\SomeNamespace\ShortName

Public Properties

$name - `/**
- @psalm-var non-empty-string
- @var string Name as string */`

`PhpParser\Node\NullableType`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Name; use PhpParser\Node\NullableType; return new NullableType(new Name('SomeType'));

↓

?SomeType

Public Properties

$type - /** @var Identifier|Name Type */

`PhpParser\Node\Param`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Param; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new Param($variable);

↓

$variableName

Public Properties

$type - /** @var null|Identifier|Name|ComplexType Type declaration */
$byRef - /** @var bool Whether parameter is passed by reference */
$variadic - /** @var bool Whether this is a variadic argument */
$var - /** @var Expr\Variable|Expr\Error Parameter variable */
$default - /** @var null|Expr Default value */
$flags - /** @var int Optional visibility flags */
$attrGroups - /** @var AttributeGroup[] PHP attribute groups */
$hooks - /** @var PropertyHook[] Property hooks for promoted properties */

`PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Float_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Float_; return new Float_(100.5);

↓

100.5

Public Properties

$value - /** @var float Number value */

`PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; return new Int_(100);

↓

Public Properties

$value - /** @var int Number value */

`PhpParser\Node\Scalar\InterpolatedString`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Encapsed; return new Encapsed([new Variable('variableName')]);

↓

"{$variableName}"

Public Properties

$parts - /** @var (Expr|InterpolatedStringPart)[] list of string parts */

`PhpParser\Node\Scalar\MagicConst\Property`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\MagicConst\Property; return new Property();

↓

__PROPERTY__

`PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; return new String_('some string');

↓

'some string'

Public Properties

$value - /** @var string String value */
$replacements - /** @var array<string, string> Escaped character to its decoded value */

`PhpParser\Node\StaticVar`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\StaticVar; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new StaticVar($variable);

↓

$variableName

Public Properties

$var - /** @var Expr\Variable Variable */
$default - /** @var null|Node\Expr Default value */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Block`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Assign; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Block; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Expression; $assign = new Assign(new Variable('someValue'), new Int_(10000)); return new Block([new Expression($assign)]);

↓

{ $someValue = 10000; }

Public Properties

$stmts - /** @var Stmt[] Statements */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassConst`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Const_; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassConst; $defaultValue = new String_('default value'); $const = new Const_('SOME_CLASS_CONSTANT', $defaultValue); return new ClassConst([$const], Modifiers::PUBLIC);

↓

public const SOME_CLASS_CONSTANT = 'default value';

Public Properties

$flags - /** @var int Modifiers */
$consts - /** @var Node\Const_[] Constant declarations */
$attrGroups - /** @var Node\AttributeGroup[] PHP attribute groups */
$type - /** @var Node\Identifier|Node\Name|Node\ComplexType|null Type declaration */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassMethod`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassMethod; $classMethod = new ClassMethod('methodName'); $classMethod->flags = Modifiers::PUBLIC; return $classMethod;

↓

public function methodName() { }

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Identifier; use PhpParser\Node\Param; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassMethod; $classMethod = new ClassMethod('methodName'); $classMethod->flags = Modifiers::PRIVATE; $param = new Param(new Variable('paramName')); $classMethod->params = [$param]; $classMethod->returnType = new Identifier('string'); return $classMethod;

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private function methodName($paramName): string { }

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Assign; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassMethod; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Expression; $classMethod = new ClassMethod('methodName'); $classMethod->flags = Modifiers::PUBLIC; $variable = new Variable('some'); $number = new Int_(10000); $assign = new Assign($variable, $number); $classMethod->stmts[] = new Expression($assign); return $classMethod;

↓

public function methodName() { $some = 10000; }

Public Properties

$flags - /** @var int Flags */
$byRef - /** @var bool Whether to return by reference */
$name - /** @var Node\Identifier Name */
$params - /** @var Node\Param[] Parameters */
$returnType - /** @var null|Node\Identifier|Node\Name|Node\ComplexType Return type */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[]|null Statements */
$attrGroups - /** @var Node\AttributeGroup[] PHP attribute groups */
$magicNames - /** @var array<string, bool> */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_`

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<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_; return new Class_('ClassName');

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class ClassName { }

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_; $class = new Class_('ClassName'); $class->flags |= Modifiers::FINAL; return $class;

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final class ClassName { }

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Identifier; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Property; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\PropertyProperty; $class = new Class_(new Identifier('ClassName')); $propertyProperty = new PropertyProperty('someProperty'); $property = new Property(Modifiers::PRIVATE, [$propertyProperty]); $class->stmts[] = $property; return $class;

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class ClassName { private $someProperty; }

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_; $class = new Class_('ClassName'); $class->flags = Modifiers::FINAL; $class->extends = new FullyQualified('ParentClass'); return $class;

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final class ClassName extends \ParentClass { }

Public Properties

$flags - /** @var int Modifiers */
$extends - /** @var null|Node\Name Name of extended class */
$implements - /** @var Node\Name[] Names of implemented interfaces */
$name - /** @var Node\Identifier|null Name */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */
$attrGroups - /** @var Node\AttributeGroup[] PHP attribute groups */
$namespacedName - /** @var Node\Name|null Namespaced name (if using NameResolver) */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Const_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Const_; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Const_ as ConstStmt; $consts = [new Const_('CONSTANT_IN_CLASS', new String_('default value'))]; return new ConstStmt($consts);

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const CONSTANT_IN_CLASS = 'default value';

Public Properties

$consts - /** @var Node\Const_[] Constant declarations */
$attrGroups - /** @var Node\AttributeGroup[] PHP attribute groups */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Declare_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Declare_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\DeclareDeclare; $declareDeclare = new DeclareDeclare('strict_types', new Int_(1)); return new Declare_([$declareDeclare]);

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declare (strict_types=1);

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$declares - /** @var DeclareItem[] List of declares */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[]|null Statements */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Do_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Do_; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new Do_($variable);

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do { } while ($variableName);

Public Properties

$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */
$cond - /** @var Node\Expr Condition */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Echo_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Echo_; $string = new String_('hello'); return new Echo_([$string]);

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echo 'hello';

Public Properties

$exprs - /** @var Node\Expr[] Expressions */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ElseIf_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ConstFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Name; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ElseIf_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Return_; $name = new Name('true'); $constFetch = new ConstFetch($name); $stmt = new Return_(); return new ElseIf_($constFetch, [$stmt]);

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elseif (true) { return; }

Public Properties

$cond - /** @var Node\Expr Condition */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Foreach_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Foreach_; $foreachedVariable = new Variable('foreachedVariableName'); $asVariable = new Variable('asVariable'); return new Foreach_($foreachedVariable, $asVariable);

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foreach ($foreachedVariableName as $asVariable) { }

Public Properties

$expr - /** @var Node\Expr Expression to iterate */
$keyVar - /** @var null|Node\Expr Variable to assign key to */
$byRef - /** @var bool Whether to assign value by reference */
$valueVar - /** @var Node\Expr Variable to assign value to */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Function_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Function_; return new Function_('some_function');

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function some_function() { }

Public Properties

$byRef - /** @var bool Whether function returns by reference */
$name - /** @var Node\Identifier Name */
$params - /** @var Node\Param[] Parameters */
$returnType - /** @var null|Node\Identifier|Node\Name|Node\ComplexType Return type */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */
$attrGroups - /** @var Node\AttributeGroup[] PHP attribute groups */
$namespacedName - /** @var Node\Name|null Namespaced name (if using NameResolver) */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\If_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ConstFetch; use PhpParser\Node\Name; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\If_; $cond = new ConstFetch(new Name('true')); return new If_($cond);

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if (true) { }

Public Properties

$cond - /** @var Node\Expr Condition expression */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */
$elseifs - /** @var ElseIf_[] Elseif clauses */
$else - /** @var null|Else_ Else clause */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\InlineHTML`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\InlineHTML; return new InlineHTML('<strong>feel</strong>');

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?> <strong>feel</strong><?php

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$value - /** @var string String */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Interface_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Identifier; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Interface_; return new Interface_(new Identifier('InterfaceName'));

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interface InterfaceName { }

Public Properties

$extends - /** @var Node\Name[] Extended interfaces */
$name - /** @var Node\Identifier|null Name */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */
$attrGroups - /** @var Node\AttributeGroup[] PHP attribute groups */
$namespacedName - /** @var Node\Name|null Namespaced name (if using NameResolver) */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Label`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Label; return new Label('labelName');

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labelName:

Public Properties

$name - /** @var Identifier Name */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Property`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Identifier; use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Property; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\PropertyProperty; use PhpParser\Node\VarLikeIdentifier; $propertyProperty = new PropertyProperty(new VarLikeIdentifier('propertyName')); return new Property(Modifiers::PUBLIC, [$propertyProperty], [], new Identifier('string'));

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public string $propertyName;

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\PropertyItem; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Property; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Plus; use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; use PhpParser\Node\PropertyHook; use PhpParser\Modifiers; $propertyItem = new PropertyItem('someProperty'); $property = new Property(Modifiers::PUBLIC, [$propertyItem]); $plus = new Plus( new Variable('variable'), new Int_(100) ); $getPropertyHook = new PropertyHook('getProperty', $plus); $property->hooks[] = $getPropertyHook; return $property;

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public $someProperty { getProperty => $variable + 100; }

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Property; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\PropertyProperty; use PhpParser\Node\VarLikeIdentifier; $propertyProperty = new PropertyProperty(new VarLikeIdentifier('propertyName')); return new Property(Modifiers::PUBLIC, [$propertyProperty]);

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public $propertyName;

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Property; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\PropertyProperty; $propertyProperties = [new PropertyProperty('firstProperty'), new PropertyProperty('secondProperty')]; return new Property(Modifiers::STATIC | Modifiers::PUBLIC, $propertyProperties);

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public static $firstProperty, $secondProperty;

Public Properties

$flags - /** @var int Modifiers */
$props - /** @var PropertyItem[] Properties */
$type - /** @var null|Identifier|Name|ComplexType Type declaration */
$attrGroups - /** @var Node\AttributeGroup[] PHP attribute groups */
$hooks - /** @var Node\PropertyHook[] Property hooks */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Static_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Static_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\StaticVar; $staticVars = [new StaticVar(new Variable('static'))]; return new Static_($staticVars);

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static $static;

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$vars - /** @var StaticVar[] Variable definitions */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Switch_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\Int_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Case_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Switch_; $cond = new Variable('variableName'); $cases = [new Case_(new Int_(1))]; return new Switch_($cond, $cases);

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switch ($variableName) { case 1: }

Public Properties

$cond - /** @var Node\Expr Condition */
$cases - /** @var Case_[] Case list */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\TraitUse`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\TraitUse; return new TraitUse([new FullyQualified('TraitName')]);

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use \TraitName;

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$traits - /** @var Node\Name[] Traits */
$adaptations - /** @var TraitUseAdaptation[] Adaptations */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\TraitUseAdaptation\Alias`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Modifiers; use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\TraitUseAdaptation\Alias; $traitFullyQualified = new FullyQualified('TraitName'); return new Alias($traitFullyQualified, 'method', Modifiers::PUBLIC, 'aliasedMethod');

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\TraitName::method as public aliasedMethod;

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$newModifier - /** @var null|int New modifier */
$newName - /** @var null|Node\Identifier New name */
$trait - /** @var Node\Name|null Trait name */
$method - /** @var Node\Identifier Method name */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Trait_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Trait_; return new Trait_('TraitName');

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trait TraitName { }

Public Properties

$name - /** @var Node\Identifier|null Name */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */
$attrGroups - /** @var Node\AttributeGroup[] PHP attribute groups */
$namespacedName - /** @var Node\Name|null Namespaced name (if using NameResolver) */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\TryCatch`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified; use PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Catch_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Echo_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Finally_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\TryCatch; $echo = new Echo_([new String_('one')]); $tryStmts = [$echo]; $echo2 = new Echo_([new String_('two')]); $catch = new Catch_([new FullyQualified('SomeType')], null, [$echo2]); $echo3 = new Echo_([new String_('three')]); $finally = new Finally_([$echo3]); return new TryCatch($tryStmts, [$catch]);

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try { echo 'one'; } catch (\SomeType) { echo 'two'; }

Public Properties

$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */
$catches - /** @var Catch_[] Catches */
$finally - /** @var null|Finally_ Optional finally node */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Unset_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Unset_; $variable = new Variable('variableName'); return new Unset_([$variable]);

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unset($variableName);

Public Properties

$vars - /** @var Node\Expr[] Variables to unset */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Use_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Name; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Use_; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\UseUse; $useUse = new UseUse(new Name('UsedNamespace')); return new Use_([$useUse]);

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use UsedNamespace;

Public Properties

$type - /** @var self::TYPE_* Type of alias */
$uses - /** @var UseItem[] Aliases */

`PhpParser\Node\Stmt\While_`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable; use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\While_; return new While_(new Variable('variableName'));

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while ($variableName) { }

Public Properties

$cond - /** @var Node\Expr Condition */
$stmts - /** @var Node\Stmt[] Statements */

`PhpParser\Node\UnionType`

Example PHP Code

<?php declare(strict_types=1); use PhpParser\Node\Identifier; use PhpParser\Node\UnionType; $unionedTypes = [new Identifier('string'), new Identifier('int')]; return new UnionType($unionedTypes);

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string|int

Public Properties

$types - /** @var (Identifier|Name|IntersectionType)[] Types */

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PhpParser\Node\ArrayItem

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PhpParser\Node\ClosureUse

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PhpParser\Node\Const_

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrayDimFetch

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\Array_

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrowFunction

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\Assign

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\AssignOp\Coalesce

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\AssignOp\Concat

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\BooleanAnd

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Coalesce

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Concat

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Equal

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Identical

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Minus

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\NotEqual

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\NotIdentical

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Spaceship

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\BooleanNot

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Array_

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Bool_

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Int_

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\String_

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\ClassConstFetch

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PhpParser\Node\Expr\ConstFetch

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`PhpParser\Node\ArrayItem`

`PhpParser\Node\ClosureUse`

`PhpParser\Node\Const_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrayDimFetch`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Array_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\ArrowFunction`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Assign`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\AssignOp\Coalesce`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\AssignOp\Concat`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\BooleanAnd`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Coalesce`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Concat`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Equal`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Identical`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Minus`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\NotEqual`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\NotIdentical`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Spaceship`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\BooleanNot`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Array_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Bool_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Int_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\String_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\ClassConstFetch`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\ConstFetch`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Empty_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Eval_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\FuncCall`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Include_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Instanceof_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Isset_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\List_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Match_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\New_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\NullsafeMethodCall`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\NullsafePropertyFetch`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\PropertyFetch`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\StaticCall`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\StaticPropertyFetch`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Ternary`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Throw_`

`PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable`

`PhpParser\Node\MatchArm`

`PhpParser\Node\Name`

`PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified`