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+# CLAUDE.md
+
+## Project Overview
+
+**phpstan/phpstan-symfony** is a PHPStan extension that provides static analysis support for Symfony framework applications. It enhances PHPStan's understanding of Symfony-specific patterns by providing accurate return types, detecting common errors, and understanding the dependency injection container.
+
+### Key Features
+
+- Correct return types for service container methods (`ContainerInterface::get()`, `::has()`, `::getParameter()`, `::hasParameter()`)
+- Correct return types for controller methods (`Controller::get()`, `AbstractController::get()`, etc.)
+- Return type inference for `Request::getContent()`, `HeaderBag::get()`, `InputBag::get()`, `Envelope::all()`
+- Return types for `TreeBuilder` and `NodeDefinition` configuration objects
+- Detection of unregistered services accessed from the container
+- Detection of private service access attempts
+- Console command argument/option type inference via optional console application loader
+- Serializer/Denormalizer return type inference
+- Form interface type support
+- `@required` autowiring property support
+
+## Repository Structure
+
+```
+├── src/
+│   ├── Rules/Symfony/          # PHPStan rules for Symfony-specific checks
+│   ├── Symfony/                # Core infrastructure (service maps, parameter maps, etc.)
+│   └── Type/Symfony/           # Dynamic return type extensions
+├── tests/
+│   ├── Rules/Symfony/          # Rule tests
+│   ├── Symfony/                # Infrastructure tests
+│   └── Type/Symfony/           # Type extension tests (with data/ subdirectories)
+├── stubs/                      # Type stubs for Symfony and PSR classes
+├── extension.neon              # Main extension config (type extensions, stubs, services)
+├── rules.neon                  # Rule registrations
+├── phpstan.neon                # PHPStan config for analysing this project itself
+├── phpstan-baseline.neon       # Baseline of accepted PHPStan errors
+├── phpunit.xml                 # PHPUnit configuration
+├── composer.json               # Dependencies and autoloading
+└── Makefile                    # Build/check commands
+```
+
+### Source Code Architecture
+
+- **`src/Rules/Symfony/`** - PHPStan `Rule` implementations that report errors (private service access, unknown services, undefined console arguments/options, invalid defaults)
+- **`src/Symfony/`** - Infrastructure for parsing Symfony's container XML dump into service/parameter maps. Contains `ServiceMap`, `ParameterMap`, `MessageMap`, `ConsoleApplicationResolver`, and related factories/interfaces
+- **`src/Type/Symfony/`** - Dynamic return type extensions (`DynamicMethodReturnTypeExtension`, `TypeSpecifyingExtension`) that teach PHPStan the return types of Symfony methods. Organized by feature area (console, config, form, etc.)
+- **`stubs/`** - `.stub` files providing type information for Symfony, PSR, and Twig classes. Registered via `extension.neon`
+
+### Configuration Files
+
+- **`extension.neon`** - Registers all type extensions, stubs, and services. Defines the `symfony` parameter schema (`containerXmlPath`, `constantHassers`, `consoleApplicationLoader`)
+- **`rules.neon`** - Registers the 6 PHPStan rules
+- **`phpstan.neon`** - Config for self-analysis at level 8, includes strict rules, phpunit extension, and bleeding edge
+
+## PHP Version Support
+
+This repository supports **PHP 7.4+** (see `composer.json`: `"php": "^7.4 || ^8.0"`). All code must be compatible with PHP 7.4. Do not use language features introduced in PHP 8.0+ (named arguments, match expressions, union types in signatures, etc.).
+
+## Symfony Version Compatibility
+
+The extension supports multiple Symfony versions:
+- Conflicts with `symfony/framework-bundle` below 3.0
+- Dev dependencies target `^5.4 || ^6.1` for most components
+- Tests use `class_exists()` / `interface_exists()` checks to conditionally skip tests for features unavailable in certain Symfony versions
+
+## Development Commands
+
+All commands are defined in the `Makefile`:
+
+```bash
+make check          # Run all checks (lint, cs, tests, phpstan)
+make tests          # Run PHPUnit tests
+make lint           # Run PHP parallel lint on src/ and tests/
+make cs             # Check coding standards (requires build-cs, see below)
+make cs-fix         # Auto-fix coding standard violations
+make cs-install     # Clone and set up phpstan/build-cs repository
+make phpstan        # Run PHPStan analysis at level 8
+make phpstan-generate-baseline  # Regenerate the PHPStan baseline file
+```
+
+### Coding Standards Setup
+
+Coding standards use the [phpstan/build-cs](https://github.com/phpstan/build-cs) repository (branch `2.x`):
+
+```bash
+make cs-install     # Clone build-cs and install its dependencies
+make cs             # Run the coding standards check
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+- **Framework**: PHPUnit 9.6
+- **Bootstrap**: `tests/bootstrap.php` (requires autoloader)
+- **Test discovery**: All `*Test.php` files under `tests/`
+
+### Test Patterns
+
+- **Rule tests** extend `RuleTestCase` and use `$this->analyse()` to test file/error pairs
+- **Type tests** extend `TypeInferenceTestCase` and use assertion functions (`assertType()`) in data files under `tests/Type/Symfony/data/`
+- Tests conditionally skip based on available Symfony classes/interfaces to support multiple Symfony versions
+- Test container XML files (`container.xml`) in test directories provide fixture service definitions
+- Console application loaders (`console_application_loader.php`) provide fixture console apps for command tests
+
+### Running Tests
+
+```bash
+composer install
+make tests
+```
+
+## Static Analysis
+
+The project analyses itself with PHPStan at **level 8** using strict rules and bleeding edge features:
+
+```bash
+make phpstan
+```
+
+The baseline file (`phpstan-baseline.neon`) tracks accepted errors, primarily internal API usage required for the extension to function.
+
+## CI Pipeline
+
+GitHub Actions (`.github/workflows/build.yml`) runs on PRs and pushes to `2.0.x`:
+
+- **Lint**: PHP 7.4 - 8.5
+- **Coding Standard**: PHP 8.2
+- **Tests**: PHP 7.4 - 8.5, both lowest and highest dependency versions
+- **PHPStan**: PHP 7.4 - 8.5, both lowest and highest dependency versions
+
+## Autoloading
+
+- **PSR-4**: `PHPStan\` namespace maps to `src/`
+- **Dev classmap**: `tests/` directory (classmap autoloading)
+
+## Extension Registration
+
+The extension auto-registers via `composer.json` `extra.phpstan.includes` when used with [phpstan/extension-installer](https://github.com/phpstan/extension-installer). Both `extension.neon` and `rules.neon` are included automatically.
+
+## Key Concepts
+
+### Service Map
+
+The extension reads Symfony's compiled container XML dump to build a map of services. This enables detection of unknown/private services and correct return types for `get()` calls. The `ServiceMap` interface has two implementations:
+- `DefaultServiceMap` - populated from XML parsing
+- `FakeServiceMap` - no-op fallback when no container XML is configured
+
+### Parameter Map
+
+Similar to ServiceMap, reads container parameters from the XML dump for type-aware `getParameter()` return types.
+
+### Console Application Resolver
+
+When configured with `consoleApplicationLoader`, loads the actual Symfony console application to discover command definitions. This enables type inference for `$input->getArgument()` and `$input->getOption()` calls.
+
+### Type Extensions vs Rules
+
+- **Type extensions** (in `src/Type/Symfony/`) modify return types — they make PHPStan understand what Symfony methods return
+- **Rules** (in `src/Rules/Symfony/`) report errors — they detect incorrect usage patterns
+
+### Stubs
+
+Stub files in `stubs/` provide PHPStan with type information (generics, more precise signatures) for Symfony classes that may not have native type declarations. These are `.stub` files using PHPDoc annotations.