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    The ReflectionClass class

    (PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    Introduction

    The ReflectionClass class reports information about a class.

    Class synopsis

    class ReflectionClass implements Reflector {
    /* Constants */
    public const int IS_IMPLICIT_ABSTRACT;
    public const int IS_EXPLICIT_ABSTRACT;
    public const int IS_FINAL;
    public const int IS_READONLY;
    public const int SKIP_INITIALIZATION_ON_SERIALIZE;
    public const int SKIP_DESTRUCTOR;
    /* Properties */
    public string $name;
    /* Methods */
    public __construct(object|string $objectOrClass)
    public static export(mixed $argument, bool $return = false): string
    public getAttributes(?string $name = null, int $flags = 0): array
    public getConstant(string $name): mixed
    public getConstants(?int $filter = null): array
    public getConstructor(): ?ReflectionMethod
    public getDefaultProperties(): array
    public getDocComment(): string|false
    public getEndLine(): int|false
    public getExtension(): ?ReflectionExtension
    public getExtensionName(): string|false
    public getFileName(): string|false
    public getInterfaceNames(): array
    public getInterfaces(): array
    public getLazyInitializer(object $object): ?callable
    public getMethod(string $name): ReflectionMethod
    public getMethods(?int $filter = null): array
    public getModifiers(): int
    public getName(): string
    public getNamespaceName(): string
    public getParentClass(): ReflectionClass|false
    public getProperties(?int $filter = null): array
    public getProperty(string $name): ReflectionProperty
    public getReflectionConstant(string $name): ReflectionClassConstant|false
    public getReflectionConstants(?int $filter = null): array
    public getShortName(): string
    public getStartLine(): int|false
    public getStaticProperties(): array
    public getStaticPropertyValue(string $name, mixed &$def_value = ?): mixed
    public getTraitAliases(): array
    public getTraitNames(): array
    public getTraits(): array
    public hasConstant(string $name): bool
    public hasMethod(string $name): bool
    public hasProperty(string $name): bool
    public implementsInterface(ReflectionClass|string $interface): bool
    public initializeLazyObject(object $object): object
    public inNamespace(): bool
    public isAbstract(): bool
    public isAnonymous(): bool
    public isCloneable(): bool
    public isEnum(): bool
    public isFinal(): bool
    public isInstance(object $object): bool
    public isInstantiable(): bool
    public isInterface(): bool
    public isInternal(): bool
    public isIterable(): bool
    public isReadOnly(): bool
    public isSubclassOf(ReflectionClass|string $class): bool
    public isTrait(): bool
    public isUninitializedLazyObject(object $object): bool
    public isUserDefined(): bool
    public markLazyObjectAsInitialized(object $object): object
    public newInstance(mixed ...$args): object
    public newInstanceArgs(array $args = []): ?object
    public newInstanceWithoutConstructor(): object
    public newLazyGhost(callable $initializer, int $options = 0): object
    public newLazyProxy(callable $factory, int $options = 0): object
    public resetAsLazyGhost(object $object, callable $initializer, int $options = 0): void
    public resetAsLazyProxy(object $object, callable $factory, int $options = 0): void
    public setStaticPropertyValue(string $name, mixed $value): void
    public __toString(): string
    }

    Properties

    name

    Name of the class. Read-only, throws ReflectionException in attempt to write.

    Predefined Constants

    ReflectionClass Modifiers

    ReflectionClass::IS_IMPLICIT_ABSTRACT int

    Indicates the class is abstract because it has some abstract methods.

    ReflectionClass::IS_EXPLICIT_ABSTRACT int

    Indicates the class is abstract because of its definition.

    ReflectionClass::IS_FINAL int

    Indicates the class is final.

    ReflectionClass::IS_READONLY int

    Indicates the class is readonly.

    ReflectionClass::SKIP_INITIALIZATION_ON_SERIALIZE int
    Indicates that serialize() should not trigger initialization of a lazy object.
    ReflectionClass::SKIP_DESTRUCTOR int
    Indicates an object destructor should not be called when resetting it as lazy.

    Changelog

    Version Description
    8.4.0 The class constants are now typed.
    8.0.0 ReflectionClass::export() was removed.

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    User Contributed Notes 4 notes

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    danbettles at yahoo dot co dot uk
    15 years ago
    To reflect on a namespaced class in PHP 5.3, you must always specify the fully qualified name of the class - even if you've aliased the containing namespace using a "use" statement.

    So instead of:

    <?php
    use App\Core as Core;
    $oReflectionClass = new ReflectionClass('Core\Singleton');
    ?>

    You would type:

    <?php
    use App\Core as Core;
    $oReflectionClass = new ReflectionClass('App\Core\Singleton');
    ?>
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    Anonymous
    13 years ago
    Unserialized reflection class cause error.

    <?php
    /**
    * abc
    */
    class a{}

    $ref = new ReflectionClass('a');
    $ref = unserialize(serialize($ref));
    var_dump($ref);
    var_dump($ref->getDocComment());

    // object(ReflectionClass)#2 (1) {
    // ["name"]=>
    // string(1) "a"
    // }
    // PHP Fatal error: ReflectionClass::getDocComment(): Internal error: Failed to retrieve the reflection object
    ?>
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    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    Reflecting an alias will give you a reflection of the resolved class.

    <?php

    class X {

    }

    class_alias('X','Y');
    class_alias('Y','Z');
    $z = new ReflectionClass('Z');
    echo     $z->getName(); // X

    ?>
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    featherbits
    3 years ago
    In order to get class attributes look here (php8)
    https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.attributes.reflection.php
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