Drop PHP 7 support

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        php-versions: ['7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5', '8.6']
+        php-versions: ['8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5', '8.6']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
 
     steps:

ChangeLog.md

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ XP Reflection ChangeLog
 
 ## ?.?.? / ????-??-??
 
+## 4.0.0 / ????-??-??
+
+* Merged PR #70: Drop PHP 7 support. This implements the last phase of
+  xp-framework/rfc#343. The ninimum required PHP version goes from
+  7.4.0 to 8.0.0!
+  (@thekid)
+
 ## 3.7.0 / 2026-07-05
 
 * Made compatible with `xp-framework/ast` version 13.0.0 - adding support

README.md

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ XP Reflection
 [![Build status on GitHub](https://github.com/xp-framework/reflection/workflows/Tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/xp-framework/reflection/actions)
 [![XP Framework Module](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xp-framework/web/master/static/xp-framework-badge.png)](https://github.com/xp-framework/core)
 [![BSD Licence](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xp-framework/web/master/static/licence-bsd.png)](https://github.com/xp-framework/core/blob/master/LICENCE.md)
-[![Requires PHP 7.4+](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xp-framework/web/master/static/php-7_4plus.svg)](http://php.net/)
-[![Supports PHP 8.0+](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xp-framework/web/master/static/php-8_0plus.svg)](http://php.net/)
+[![Requires PHP 8.0+](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xp-framework/web/master/static/php-8_0plus.svg)](http://php.net/)
 [![Latest Stable Version](https://poser.pugx.org/xp-framework/reflection/version.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/xp-framework/reflection)
 
 This library provides a replacement for the XP Framework's reflection API.
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ Features
 --------
 **Concise**: This library aims at reducing code noise of the form `if (hasX(...)) { getX() }` by simply returning NULL from its accessor methods. Null handling has improved with the introduction of the null-coalesce operator `??` in PHP 7 and the null-safe invocation operator `?->` in PHP 8 (and in [XP Compiler](https://github.com/xp-framework/compiler)).
 
-**PHP 7 & 8**: This library handles PHP 8 attributes in both PHP 7 (*using the compiler's AST library*) and PHP 8 (*using its native reflection API*).
-
 **Subcommand**: This library provides an [RFC #0303 integration](https://github.com/xp-framework/rfc/issues/303) and offers a "reflect" subcommand for the new XP runners. See `xp help reflect` on how to use it.
 
 API

composer.json

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
   "keywords": ["module", "xp"],
   "require" : {
     "xp-framework/core": "^12.0 | ^11.0 | ^10.13",
-    "xp-framework/ast": "^13.0 | ^12.0 | ^11.0 | ^10.0 | ^9.0 | ^8.0 | ^7.6",
-    "php" : ">=7.4.0"
+    "php" : ">=8.0.0"
   },
   "require-dev" : {
     "xp-framework/test": "^2.0 | ^1.0"

src/main/php/lang/Reflection.class.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace lang;
 
-use lang\meta\{MetaInformation, FromSyntaxTree, FromAttributes};
+use lang\meta\{MetaInformation, FromAttributes};
 use lang\reflection\{Type, Package};
 use lang\{ClassLoader, ClassNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException};
 
@@ -22,13 +22,9 @@
 abstract class Reflection {
   private static $meta= null;
 
-  public static function annotations($version) {
-    return $version >= 80000 ? new FromAttributes() : new FromSyntaxTree();
-  }
-
   /** Lazy-loads meta information extraction */
   public static function meta(): MetaInformation {
-    return self::$meta ?? self::$meta= new MetaInformation(self::annotations(PHP_VERSION_ID));
+    return self::$meta ?? self::$meta= new MetaInformation(new FromAttributes());
   }
 
   /**