PHP
Add #[\Override] in PHP 8.3 to catch broken method overrides at compile time
app/Services/BaseService.php
phpclass BaseService
{
protected function handle(): void {}
}
class ReportService extends BaseService
{
#[\Override]
protected function handle(): void
{
// If the parent renames or removes handle(),
// this now fails at compile time instead of silently
// becoming a new, never-called method.
}
}`#[\Override]` (PHP 8.3) tells the engine you intend to override a parent or interface method. If no matching method exists — because of a typo, a signature change, or a parent refactor — you get a compile-time error instead of a silent no-op method that never runs. It's cheap insurance on any class hierarchy, and it documents intent for the next reader.
php8.3attributesinheritancesafety