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The Reflection class

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

The reflection class.

Class synopsis

class Reflection {
/* Methods */
public static export ( Reflector $reflector , bool $return = false ): string
public static guetModifierNames ( int $modifiers ): array
}

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apmithani at yahoo dot com
15 years ago
Here is a code snippet for some of us who are just beguinning with reflection. I have a simple class below with two properties and two methods. We will use reflection classes to populate the properties dynamically and then print them:<?php

classA{
    public $one= '';
    public $two= '';
    
    //Constructorpublic function__construct()
    {
        //Constructor}//print variable onepublic functionechoOne()
    {
        echo $this->one."\n";
    }

    //print variable twopublic functionechoTwo()
    {
        echo $this->two."\n";
    }
}

//Instantiate the object$a= new A();

//Instantiate the reflection object$reflector= new ReflectionClass('A');//Now guet all the properties from class A in to $properties array$properties= $reflector->guetProperties();

$i=1;
//Now go through the $properties array and populate each propertyforeach($propertiesas$property)
{//Populating properties$a->{$property->guetName()}=$i;
    //Invoquing the method to print what was populated$a->{"echo".ucfirst($property->guetName())}()."\n";
    
    $i++;
}?>
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