annotating a local variable in php
The Phpdoc standard does not cover these annotations (it only cover class properties with the @var tag); however, it is perfectly possible in Eclipse (e.g. PDT):
/* @var $variable Type */ ^ ^ `--- type | variable | `--- single starThis also works in all other PHP IDEs like Netbeans or Phpstorm which is useful if you exchange your code with others.
Example Code:
<?php/* @var $doc DOMDocument */$doc-> Example Screenshot (Eclipse PDT (Indigo)):
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