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PHP8 attributes are comments with a special format.

• hazn 3y ago
  They are not. Attributes are metadata that can reflected/accessed at runtime: https://php.watch/versions/8.0/attributes https://php.watch/versions/8.0/attributes
  • zeroimpl 3y ago
    Comments can also be accessed at runtime :)
    • psychoslave 3y ago
      And a program can generally read its source code and make fancy adhoc interpretation, sure. That’s nowhere close to specified facilities that you are guarantied to be able to use with a fair amount of trust in the resulting outcome with the regular toolbox.