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PHP Enums With Practical Examples – Full PHP 8 Tutorial

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Let’s learn more about the enums feature that was introduced in PHP 8.1 with some practical examples.

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Source repo – https://github.com/ggelashvili/learnphptherightway-project/tree/3.11
Docs – https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.enumerations.php
Attributes lesson 3.10 – https://youtu.be/I7WJa-he5oM
PHP 8.1 overview lesson 3.8 – https://youtu.be/cO6i_4n2iwA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 – Intro
00:26 – Constant approach & the problem with constants
04:57 – Enums approach & the solution
09:36 – Pure & backed enums
12:48 – Get enum object from the raw value
15:04 – Methods in enums
19:28 – Static methods in enums
20:24 – Refactoring hardcoded values with enums in attributes
23:33 – Interfaces & traits in enums
24:57 – Enum rules
25:51 – Access list of all cases
26:59 – New function & reflection classes