name: Name of the property. Read-only, throws ReflectionException in attempt to write.
class: Name of the class where the property is defined. Read-only, throws ReflectionException in attempt to write.

Vordefinierte Konstanten

ReflectionProperty Modifiers

ReflectionProperty::IS_STATIC: Indicates static properties. Prior to PHP 7.4.0, the value was 1.
ReflectionProperty::IS_READONLY: Indicates readonly properties. Available as of PHP 8.1.0.
ReflectionProperty::IS_PUBLIC: Indicates public properties. Prior to PHP 7.4.0, the value was 256.
ReflectionProperty::IS_PROTECTED: Indicates protected properties. Prior to PHP 7.4.0, the value was 512.
ReflectionProperty::IS_PRIVATE: Indicates private properties. Prior to PHP 7.4.0, the value was 1024.
ReflectionProperty::IS_ABSTRACT: Indicates the property is abstract. Available as of PHP 8.4.0.
ReflectionProperty::IS_PROTECTED_SET: Available as of PHP 8.4.0.
ReflectionProperty::IS_PRIVATE_SET: Available as of PHP 8.4.0.
ReflectionProperty::IS_VIRTUAL: Available as of PHP 8.4.0.
ReflectionProperty::IS_FINAL: Indicates the property is final. Available as of PHP 8.4.0.

Hinweis:
The values of these constants may change between PHP versions. It is recommended to always use the constants and not rely on the values directly.

Changelog

Version	Beschreibung
8.4.0	Added `ReflectionProperty::IS_VIRTUAL`, `ReflectionProperty::IS_PRIVATE_SET`, `ReflectionProperty::IS_PROTECTED_SET`, `ReflectionProperty::IS_ABSTRACT`, and `ReflectionProperty::IS_FINAL`.
8.0.0	ReflectionProperty::export() was removed.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ReflectionProperty::__clone — Clone
ReflectionProperty::__construct — Construct a ReflectionProperty object
ReflectionProperty::export — Export
ReflectionProperty::getAttributes — Gets Attributes
ReflectionProperty::getDeclaringClass — Gets declaring class
ReflectionProperty::getDefaultValue — Returns the default value declared for a property
ReflectionProperty::getDocComment — Gets the property doc comment
ReflectionProperty::getModifiers — Gets the property modifiers
ReflectionProperty::getName — Gets property name
ReflectionProperty::getType — Gets a property's type
ReflectionProperty::getValue — Gets value
ReflectionProperty::hasDefaultValue — Checks if property has a default value declared
ReflectionProperty::hasType — Checks if property has a type
ReflectionProperty::isDefault — Checks if property is a default property
ReflectionProperty::isInitialized — Checks whether a property is initialized
ReflectionProperty::isLazy — Checks whether a property is lazy
ReflectionProperty::isPrivate — Checks if property is private
ReflectionProperty::isPromoted — Checks if property is promoted
ReflectionProperty::isProtected — Checks if property is protected
ReflectionProperty::isPublic — Checks if property is public
ReflectionProperty::isReadOnly — Checks if property is readonly
ReflectionProperty::isStatic — Checks if property is static
ReflectionProperty::setAccessible — Set property accessibility
ReflectionProperty::setRawValueWithoutLazyInitialization — Set raw property value without triggering lazy initialization
ReflectionProperty::setValue — Set property value
ReflectionProperty::skipLazyInitialization — Marks property as non-lazy
ReflectionProperty::__toString — To string

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rasmus at mindplay dot dk ¶

14 years ago

I think a more accurate explanation is this:

The Reflection classes are designed to reflect upon the source code of an application, not on any runtime information.

I think you misunderstand the ReflectionProperty constructor in your example above. The fact that it accepts an object as argument is just a convenience feature - you are actually inspecting the class of that object, not the object itself, so it's basically equivalent to:

<?php

// works fine 
$Reflection = new ReflectionProperty(get_class($a), 'a');

// throws exception 
$Reflection = new ReflectionProperty(get_class($a), 'foo');

?>

Getting the class of the object you're passing in is implied, since inspecting a defined property is the purpose of this class.

In your example, $a->foo is a dynamic member - it is not defined as a member of class, so there is no defining class reference, line number, default value, etc. - which means, there is nothing to reflect upon.

Clearly this very useful library could use some real documentation...

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