InvalidTag name with leading @

Author: kkmuffmeCreated Mar 15, 2026Updated Mar 15, 2026

For InvalidTag the getName() method sometimes returns the tag name including the @ - this is only happens for some cases and also only for InvalidTag.

When testing a tool on an lib, I got that for:

php
$foo = 'bar'; /** @var $self SomeClass */

Source: phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock