ReflectionClass::getLazyInitializer	ReflectionClass::getMethods

ReflectionClass	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

ReflectionClass::getMethod

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionClass::getMethod — Gets a ReflectionMethod for a class method

public function ReflectionClass::getMethod(string $name): ReflectionMethod

Gets a ReflectionMethod for a class method.

A ReflectionException if the method does not exist.

Example #1 Basic usage of ReflectionClass::getMethod()

<?php
$class = new ReflectionClass('ReflectionClass');
$method = $class->getMethod('getMethod');
var_dump($method);
?>

The above example will output:

object(ReflectionMethod)#2 (2) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(9) "getMethod"
  ["class"]=>
  string(15) "ReflectionClass"
}