In PHP 8+, when the pipe/vertical bar symbol (i.e. "|
") is used in a type, it creates a "union type", which allows multiple types to be accepted during type checking.
For example, to create a union type of int
and float
values, you could do the following:
// PHP 8+ function foo(int|float $num) { // ... }
This would allow passing both, int
and float
values, to the function "foo
". Similarly, you can use union types in all positions where types are accepted (such as class properties, function/method return, etc.).
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