ReflectionMethod::getDeclaringClass

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Gets declaring class for the reflected method.

public ReflectionClass ReflectionMethod::getDeclaringClass ( void )

Gets the declaring class for the reflected method.

Returns:

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

Examples:

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"
}