List of other reserved words

The following words cannot be used to name a class, interface or trait. Prior to PHP 8.0, they are also prohibited from being used in namespaces.

Reserved words
int float bool string
true false null void (as of PHP 7.1)
iterable (as of PHP 7.1) object (as of PHP 7.2) mixed (as of PHP 8.0) never (as of PHP 8.1)

The following list of words have had soft reservations placed on them. Whilst they may still be used as class, interface, and trait names usage of them is highly discouraged since they may be used in future versions of PHP.

Soft reserved words
enum resource numeric
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