The return type could not be reliably inferred; please add a @return annotation.
Our type inference engine in quite powerful, but sometimes the code does not
provide enough clues to go by. In these cases we request you to add a @return
annotation as described here.
The method json does only exist in Laravel\Lumen\Http\ResponseFactory, but not in Illuminate\Http\Response.
It seems like the method you are trying to call exists only in some of the
possible types.
Let’s take a look at an example:
classA{publicfunctionfoo(){}}classBextendsA{publicfunctionbar(){}}/** * @param A|B $x */functionsomeFunction($x){$x->foo();// This call is fine as the method exists in A and B.$x->bar();// This method only exists in B and might cause an error.}
Our type inference engine in quite powerful, but sometimes the code does not provide enough clues to go by. In these cases we request you to add a
@return
annotation as described here.