Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009

The ReflectionProperty class

Introduction

The ReflectionProperty class reports information about a classes properties.

Class synopsis

ReflectionProperty

ReflectionProperty implements Reflector {

/* Constants */

const integer ReflectionProperty::IS_STATIC = 1 ;

const integer ReflectionProperty::IS_PUBLIC = 256 ;

const integer ReflectionProperty::IS_PROTECTED = 512 ;

const integer ReflectionProperty::IS_PRIVATE = 1024 ;

/* Properties */

public $name ;

public $class ;

/* Methods */

final private void __clone ( void )

__construct ( mixed $class , string $name )

public static string export ( mixed $class , string $name [, bool $return ] )

public ReflectionClass getDeclaringClass ( void )

public string getDocComment ( void )

public int getModifiers ( void )

public string getName ( void )

public mixed getValue ([ string $object ] )

public bool isDefault ( void )

public bool isPrivate ( void )

public bool isProtected ( void )

public bool isPublic ( void )

public bool isStatic ( void )

public void setAccessible ( bool $accessible )

public void setValue ( object $object , mixed $value )

public string __toString ( void )

}

Properties

name: Prop description
class: Prop description

Predefined Constants

ReflectionProperty Node Types

ReflectionProperty::IS_STATIC: Description here...
ReflectionProperty::IS_PUBLIC: Description here...
ReflectionProperty::IS_PROTECTED: Description here...
ReflectionProperty::IS_PRIVATE: Description here...

ReflectionProperty::__clone — Clone
ReflectionProperty::__construct — Construct a ReflectionProperty object
ReflectionProperty::export — Export
ReflectionProperty::getDeclaringClass — Gets declaring class
ReflectionProperty::getDocComment — Gets doc comment
ReflectionProperty::getModifiers — Gets modifiers
ReflectionProperty::getName — Gets property name
ReflectionProperty::getValue — Gets value
ReflectionProperty::isDefault — Checks if default value
ReflectionProperty::isPrivate — Checks if property is private
ReflectionProperty::isProtected — Checks if property is protected
ReflectionProperty::isPublic — Checks if property is public
ReflectionProperty::isStatic — Checks if property is static
ReflectionProperty::setAccessible — Set property accessibility
ReflectionProperty::setValue — Set property value
ReflectionProperty::__toString — To string

add a note User Contributed Notes
ReflectionProperty

CodeDuck at gmx dot net
08-Feb-2006 04:07


Beware, the Reflection reflects only the information right after compile time based on the definitions, not based on runtime objects. Might be obvious, wasn't for me, until the app throws the exception at my head.





Example:





<?php





class A {


    public $a = null;





    function set() {


      $this->foo = 'bar';


    }


}





$a = new A;


$a->set();





// works fine


$Reflection = new ReflectionProperty($a, 'a');





// throws exception


$Reflection = new ReflectionProperty($a, 'foo');





?>