ReflectionClass::hasMethod

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

Checks if method is defined

public bool ReflectionClass::hasMethod ( string $name )

Checks whether a specific method is defined in a class.

Parameters:

name

Name of the method being checked for.

Returns:

TRUE if it has the method, otherwise FALSE

Examples:

ReflectionClass::hasMethod() example

<?php
Class C {
    public function publicFoo() {
        return true;
    }
 
    protected function protectedFoo() {
        return true;
    }
 
    private function privateFoo() {
        return true;
    }
 
    static function staticFoo() {
        return true;
    }
}
 
$rc = new ReflectionClass("C");
 
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('publicFoo'));
 
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('protectedFoo'));
 
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('privateFoo'));
 
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('staticFoo'));
 
// C should not have method bar
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('bar'));
 
// Method names are case insensitive
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('PUBLICfOO'));
?>

The above example will output:

bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(true)