(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ReflectionClass::getConstant — Gets defined constant
nameThe name of the class constant to get.
Value of the constant with the name name.
Returns false if the constant was not found in the class.
Example #1 Usage of ReflectionClass::getConstant()
<?php
class Example {
const C1 = false;
const C2 = 'I am a constant';
}
$reflection = new ReflectionClass('Example');
var_dump($reflection->getConstant('C1'));
var_dump($reflection->getConstant('C2'));
var_dump($reflection->getConstant('C3'));
?>The above example will output:
bool(false) string(15) "I am a constant" bool(false)
If the $name constant doesn't exist in the targetted class the function returns bool(false), not empty nor null but false (you to test with "==="
$constFounded = false ;
$this->currentlangClass = new ReflectionClass($langFile);
$this->currentlangClass->getConstant($constant);
if($myConst !== false){
$constFounded = true ;
}The "getconstant" method can be used to get the value associated with a constant
of a particular class that you are examining.
The following code snippet shows this:
<?php
class Test{
const ONE = "Number one";
const TWO = "Number two";
}
$obj = new ReflectionClass( "Test" );
echo $obj->getconstant( "ONE" )."\n";
echo $obj->getconstant( "TWO" )."\n";
?>
output:
Number one
Number two