ReflectionMethod::getDeclaringClass

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionMethod::getDeclaringClass — Gets declaring class for the reflected method

Description

public function ReflectionMethod::getDeclaringClass(): ReflectionClass

Gets the declaring class for the reflected method.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

A ReflectionClass object of the class that the reflected method is part of.

Examples

Example #1 ReflectionMethod::getDeclaringClass() example

<?php
class HelloWorld {

    protected function sayHelloTo($name) {
        return 'Hello ' . $name;
    }

}

$reflectionMethod = new ReflectionMethod(new HelloWorld(), 'sayHelloTo');
var_dump($reflectionMethod->getDeclaringClass());
?>

The above example will output:

object(ReflectionClass)#2 (1) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(10) "HelloWorld"
}

ReflectionMethod::getDeclaringClass

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