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<?php
enum Gender
{
case UNKNOWN;
case MALE;
case FEMALE;
}
/**
* @template T as BackedEnum|UnitEnum
* @param class-string<T> $enumClass
* @param string $name
* @return T|null
*/
function tryFromName(string $enumClass, string $name)
{
$constName = $enumClass . '::' . $name;
return is_subclass_of($enumClass, UnitEnum::class) && defined($constName)
? constant($constName)
: null;
}
var_dump(tryFromName(Gender::class, 'UNKNOWN'));// enum(Gender::UNKNOWN)
var_dump(tryFromName(Gender::class, 'MALE'));// enum(Gender::MALE)
var_dump(tryFromName(Gender::class, 'FEMALE'));// enum(Gender::FEMALE)
var_dump(tryFromName(Gender::class, 'null'));// NULL