ReflectionClass::export

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Exports a class

public static string ReflectionClass::export ( mixed $argument [, bool $return = false ] )

Exports a reflected class.

Parameters:

argument

The reflection to export.

return

Setting to TRUE will return the export, as opposed to emitting it. Setting to FALSE (the default) will do the opposite.

Returns:

If the return parameter is set to TRUE, then the export is returned as a string, otherwise NULL is returned.

Examples:

Basic usage of ReflectionClass::export()

<?php
class Apple {
    public $var1;
    public $var2 = 'Orange';

    public function type() {
        return 'Apple';
    }
}
ReflectionClass::export('Apple');
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Class [ <user> class Apple ] {
  @@ php shell code 1-8

  - Constants [0] {
  }

  - Static properties [0] {
  }

  - Static methods [0] {
  }

  - Properties [2] {
    Property [ <default> public $var1 ]
    Property [ <default> public $var2 ]
  }

  - Methods [1] {
    Method [ <user> public method type ] {
      @@ php shell code 5 - 7
    }
  }
}