Is possible to define a typedef for complex and composite datatypes in PHP or Laravel?

Is there a way to define a special type just a placeholder for complex return data types?


Builder|Payment|Model Can I define a typedef for this? PaymentBuilder => Builder|Payment|Model

And return the new datatype for the methods in certain class.

Is that possible?

I am trying to create a user-defined typedef in PHP.

I expect to use this typedef in class files instead of the actual composite datatypes - to be returned for example.

I can't do this right now

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