Does PHP have an answer to Java style class generics?

Question

Upon building an MVC framework in PHP I ran into a problem which could be solved easily using Java style generics. An abstract Controller class might look something like thi

Answer 1

One alternative is the combination of splat operator + typed hint + private array:

name = $name;
    }
    
}

class Classe {
    
    private $students = [];
    
    public function add(Student ...$student){
        array_merge($this->students, $student);
    }
    
    public function getAll(){
        return $this->students;
    }
    
}

$c = new Classe();
$c->add(new Student('John'), new Student('Mary'), new Student('Kate'));