Last updated: Fri, 24 Sep 2010

ReflectionClass::__construct

(PHP 5)

ReflectionClass::__construct — Constructs a ReflectionClass

Description

ReflectionClass::__construct ( string $argument )

Constructs a new ReflectionClass object.

Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Parameters

argument: The class being reflected.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 Basic usage ReflectionClass


<?php
Reflection::export(new ReflectionClass('Exception'));
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Class [ <internal:Core> class Exception ] {

  - Constants [0] {
  }

  - Static properties [0] {
  }

  - Static methods [0] {
  }

  - Properties [7] {
    Property [ <default> protected $message ]
    Property [ <default> private $string ]
    Property [ <default> protected $code ]
    Property [ <default> protected $file ]
    Property [ <default> protected $line ]
    Property [ <default> private $trace ]
    Property [ <default> private $previous ]
  }

  - Methods [10] {
    Method [ <internal:Core> final private method __clone ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:Core, ctor> public method __construct ] {

      - Parameters [3] {
        Parameter #0 [ <optional> $message ]
        Parameter #1 [ <optional> $code ]
        Parameter #2 [ <optional> $previous ]
      }
    }

    Method [ <internal:Core> final public method getMessage ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:Core> final public method getCode ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:Core> final public method getFile ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:Core> final public method getLine ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:Core> final public method getTrace ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:Core> final public method getPrevious ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:Core> final public method getTraceAsString ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:Core> public method __toString ] {
    }
  }
}


It's very useful to know that you can also use the ReflectionClass to inspect interfaces, even thouth Interfaces are not classes. Example:





<?php





  interface Edible


  {


    public function eat();


  }





  $refl = new ReflectionClass("Edible");


  $methods = $refl->getMethods();


?>





[Edit by danbrown AT php DOT net - Contains a bugfix by (dbl AT bnet DOT com) on 18-AUG-2010 with the following message: "underline had to be removed for it to work ( new Reflection_Class -> new ReflectionClass )"]

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