I am curious as to why the following syntax is rejected by my PhpStorm editor:
PhpStorm version: 2016.1.2
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1Wrong (too low) PHP Language Level set up? Have you even tried hovering over the error to see the error description? It's also possible that your version does not support this syntax (it's an over 1 year old version) -- it will definitely work in latest version (considering the right language level was chosen, of course)LazyOne– LazyOne2017-08-03 10:55:56 +00:00Commented Aug 3, 2017 at 10:55
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Error states: "Method should either have body or be abstract"HappyCoder– HappyCoder2017-08-03 11:07:44 +00:00Commented Aug 3, 2017 at 11:07
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PHP Language level set to 7HappyCoder– HappyCoder2017-08-03 11:08:57 +00:00Commented Aug 3, 2017 at 11:08
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Saving some dosh to upgrade :)HappyCoder– HappyCoder2017-08-03 11:09:22 +00:00Commented Aug 3, 2017 at 11:09
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1And it would seem the error is being invoked by the '?' before User with message "Unexpected Identifier".HappyCoder– HappyCoder2017-08-03 11:11:59 +00:00Commented Aug 3, 2017 at 11:11
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- Nullable parameters/return types (
?Userfrom your example) is a PHP 7.1 feature. PHP Language Levelmust be set to7.1in PhpStorm settings for this project (although right now it does not produce an error if language is set below 7.1 -- see WI-32136 ticket).- Support for nullable types was added in PhpStorm 2016.2.2 (which is newer than your 2016.1.x)
Conclusion: upgrade your PhpStorm to the latest version (which is 2017.2.1 at this moment). At very least you need to have PhpStorm 2016.2.2 for this particular syntax to be supported 9not showing an error).
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HappyCoder
That explains it. Thank you.