@template-covariant T may accept Producer<Child>
where Producer<Parent> is required. Without covariance, many tools reject
the same assignment.
This case checks the *covariant* direction: Child producer used as Parent
producer should be accepted when variance is modeled (no diagnostic).
References:
- PHPStan: template-covariant / call-site variance
- Psalm: templated_annotations / variance| Analyzer | Version | Result | Diagnostics |
|---|---|---|---|
| phan | 6.0.11Phan 6.0.11 php-ast version 1.1.3 PHP version used to run Phan: 8.5.11 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| phpstan | 2.3.5PHPStan - PHP Static Analysis Tool 2.3.5 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| psalm | 6.20.9Psalm 6.20.9@f67170ac3c3b931f5088681e21d6c8babc601c08 next: 7.0.4 |
Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| mago | 1.59.0mago 1.59.0 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| mir | 0.91.0mir 0.91.0 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| phpantom | 0.11.1phpantom_lsp 0.11.1 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| intelephense | 1.18.5intelephense 1.18.5 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| phpactor | 2026.10.07.0Phpactor 2026.10.07.0 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| phpy | 1.0.19490phpy 1.0.19490 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| qodana | 262.11879.104PhpStorm 262.11879.104 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| noverify | 0.5.5NoVerify, version 0.5.5: built on: 2025.04.22 14:36:46 OS: r-kuchinskas arm64 Commit: 4774b82f8adc53fbef38f95e97af4b953b4d1529 | Pass | generics_template_covariant.php:56: param $producer miss matched with phpdoc type <<Producer<Animal>>> [funcParamTypeMissMatch] |
| steins | 0.1.8steins 0.1.8 (2026-09-21 revision 76306a9) | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| phpstan-strict | 2.3.5PHPStan - PHP Static Analysis Tool 2.3.5 | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
| psalm-next | 7.0.4Psalm 7.0.4@fa5b1f6e665cb743838ffd865b8fc96207f9409f | Pass | No diagnostics reported. |
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace Conformance\Tests\GenericsTemplateCovariant;
/**
* Template variance: covariant type parameters.
*
* A producer annotated `@template-covariant T` may accept `Producer<Child>`
* where `Producer<Parent>` is required. Without covariance, many tools reject
* the same assignment.
*
* This case checks the *covariant* direction: Child producer used as Parent
* producer should be accepted when variance is modeled (no diagnostic).
*
* References:
* - PHPStan: template-covariant / call-site variance
* - Psalm: templated_annotations / variance
*/
class Animal
{
}
class Dog extends Animal
{
}
/**
* @template-covariant T
*/
interface Producer
{
/**
* @return T
*/
public function get(): mixed;
}
/**
* @implements Producer<Dog>
*/
final class DogProducer implements Producer
{
#[\Override]
public function get(): Dog
{
return new Dog();
}
}
/**
* @param Producer<Animal> $producer
*/
function takesAnimalProducer(Producer $producer): void // E<noverify>: NoVerify does not accept generic parameter annotations
{
}
// Dog is a subtype of Animal; covariant T allows Producer<Dog> here.
// A diagnostic here would mean the tool lacks covariant template support
// (or treats Producer as invariant). Optional so non-modeling tools may fail
// silently or warn without failing the suite.
takesAnimalProducer(new DogProducer()); // E?: invariant tools may reject Producer<Dog> as Producer<Animal>