ReflectionMethod::getPrototype

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7)

ReflectionMethod::getPrototype — Gets the method prototype (if there is one)

Description

public ReflectionMethod::getPrototype ( ) : ReflectionMethod

Returns the methods prototype.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

A ReflectionMethod instance of the method prototype.

Errors/Exceptions

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

Examples

Example #1 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"
}