It should be noted that the returned methods are dependant on the current scope. See this example:<?phpclass C{ private function privateMethod() { } public function publicMethod() { } public function __construct() { echo '$this:'; var_dump(get_class_methods($this)); echo 'C (inside class):'; var_dump(get_class_methods('C')); }}$c = new C;echo '$c:';var_dump(get_class_methods($c));echo 'C (outside class):';var_dump(get_class_methods('C'));?>Output:$this:array 0 => string 'privateMethod' (length=13) 1 => string 'publicMethod' (length=12) 2 => string '__construct' (length=11)C (inside class):array 0 => string 'privateMethod' (length=13) 1 => string 'publicMethod' (length=12) 2 => string '__construct' (length=11)$c:array 0 => string 'publicMethod' (length=12) 1 => string '__construct' (length=11)C (outside class):array 0 => string 'publicMethod' (length=12) 1 => string '__construct' (length=11)