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    get_class_methods

    (PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    get_class_methods — Gets the class methods' names

    Description

    get_class_methods(object|string $object_or_class): array

    Gets the class methods names.

    Parameters

    object_or_class

    The class name or an object instance

    Return Values

    Returns an array of method names defined for the class specified by object_or_class.

    Changelog

    Version Description
    8.0.0 The object_or_class parameter now only accepts objects or valid class names.

    Examples

    Example #1 get_class_methods() example

    <?php

    class myclass {
    // constructor
    function __construct()
    {
    return(    true);
    }

    // method 1
    function myfunc1()
    {
    return(    true);
    }

    // method 2
    function myfunc2()
    {
    return(    true);
    }
    }

    $class_methods = get_class_methods('myclass');
    // or
    $class_methods = get_class_methods(new myclass());

    foreach (    $class_methods as $method_name) {
    echo     "$method_name\n";
    }

    ?>

    The above example will output:

    __construct
myfunc1
myfunc2

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    User Contributed Notes 4 notes

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    fschmengler at sgh-it dot eu
    14 years ago
    It should be noted that the returned methods are dependant on the current scope. See this example:

    <?php
    class 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)
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    polarglow06 at gmail dot com
    9 years ago
    I have created a very simple test runner using this function

    function get_bar($text) {
    $bar = "";
    for($i=1; $i<=strlen($text); $i++) {
    $bar .= "=";
    }
    return $bar;
    }
    class Tester {
    function __construct() {
    $this->run_tests();
    }
    // run the tests
    function run_tests() {
    print("Tester by Minhajul Anwar \n");
    $class = get_class($this);
    $test_methods = preg_grep('/^test/', get_class_methods($this));
    foreach($test_methods as $method) {
    $start_rep = "test: $class::$method";
    $bar = get_bar($start_rep);
    print("\n$start_rep\n$bar\n");
    $this->$method();
    print("\n");
    }
    }
    }

    now you just need to write your test class with tegst methods prefixed by 'test', and then just instantiate object of that test class of your, all those tests methods will get run automatically
    The drawback is: your test methods must not accept any arguments

    an example:
    require '../autoload.php';
    register_autoload_paths(realpath('./'));

    class Test_Test extends Tester {
    function test_something() {
    print("method got executed");
    }
    function testAnotherThing() {
    print("another test method");
    }
    }

    $Test = new Test_Test();
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    php at stock-consulting dot com
    17 years ago
    Note that this function will answer both class AND instance methods ("class methods" are called "static" in PHP). Sort of a little "trap" for people who have in-depth experience with the OO terminology :-)
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    faizanakram99+php at gmail dot com
    9 days ago
    It is worth noting that get_class_methods($closure) doesn't return __invoke method even though it exists and is documented too.

    See https://3v4l.org/VKjAF
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