ReflectionMethod::getPrototype

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Gets the method prototype (if there is one).

public ReflectionMethod ReflectionMethod::getPrototype ( void )

Returns the methods prototype.

Returns:

A ReflectionMethod instance of the method prototype.

Exception:

A ReflectionException exception is thrown if the method does not have a prototype.

Examples:

ReflectionMethod::getPrototype() example

<?php
class Hello {
 
    public function sayHelloTo($name) {
        return 'Hello ' . $name;
    }
 
}
class HelloWorld extends Hello {
 
    public function sayHelloTo($name) {
        return 'Hello world: ' . $name;
    }
 
}
 
$reflectionMethod = new ReflectionMethod('HelloWorld', 'sayHelloTo');
var_dump($reflectionMethod->getPrototype());
?>

The above example will output:

object(ReflectionMethod)#2 (2) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(10) "sayHelloTo"
  ["class"]=>
  string(5) "Hello"
}