get_class_methods
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
get_class_methods — Gets the class methods' names
Parameters
- class_name
-
The class name or an object instance
Return Values
Returns an array of method names defined for the class specified by class_name. In case of an error, it returns NULL.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.0.0 | As of PHP 5, this function returns the name of the methods as they were declared (case-sensitive). In PHP 4 they were lowercased. |
| 4.0.6 | The ability of specifying the object itself has been added. |
Examples
Example #1 get_class_methods() example
<?php
class myclass {
// constructor
function myclass()
{
return(true);
}
// method 1
function myfunc1()
{
return(true);
}
// method 2
function myfunc2()
{
return(true);
}
}
$class_methods = get_class_methods('myclass');
// or
$class_methods = get_class_methods(new myclass());
foreach ($class_methods as $method_name) {
echo "$method_name\n";
}
?>
The above example will output:
myclass myfunc1 myfunc2
See Also
- get_class() - Returns the name of the class of an object
- get_class_vars() - Get the default properties of the class
- get_object_vars() - Gets the properties of the given object