reflection_class.md

ReflectionClass

The ReflectionClass class reports an information about a class. This class is available in the standard PHP, so for any questions, please look at documentation for ReflectionClass

But be careful, that several methods require the class to be loaded into the memory, otherwise an exception will be thrown.

List of methods, that require class to be loaded

• ReflectionClass::newInstance — Creates a new class instance from given arguments.
• ReflectionClass::newInstanceArgs — Creates a new class instance from given arguments.
• ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor — Creates a new class instance without invoking the constructor.
• ReflectionClass::setStaticPropertyValue — Sets static property value