Bug #64963 [Com]: ReflectionClass::getMethods does not identify traits

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64963&edit=1 ID: 64963 Comment by: ocramius at gmail dot com Reported by: alasdair at softhome dot net Summary: ReflectionClass::getMethods does not identify traits Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Reflection related Operating System: Debian Wheezy PHP Version: 5.4.15 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Note that this also affects various codegen components: the problem is that a trait does not actually exist unless used inside the context of a class. Methods and members of the trait that were copied into the class context at eval-time should be reflected as members of the class, not of the trait: same goes for the names of the methods, which are the final ones (after eventual aliasing). Information about the trait itself is pretty much useless except for libraries that extract method body/file information: these could probably need a different API. Related: - https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/issues/6620 - https://github.com/Ocramius/ProxyManager/issues/147 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-10-15 17:14:20] nikic@php.net The No-Feedback was an automated status change. I reverted the bug back to Open ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-10-15 13:05:39] alasdair at softhome dot net Myself and david at mouf-php dot com still feel there is an issue here as I'm sure many other people do as well. Yes, David has provided a hacky workaround however this is not the solution. The reason I had not added any more feedback was because I had just abandoned my use of traits due to this behavior, not because the issue had been resolved/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-10-15 11:54:44] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-06-27 09:58:04] alasdair at softhome dot net Nice blog David. Good to see other people battling with this frustration as well. Will be looking more indepth at your work around to see if it helps what I was planning on doing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-06-27 08:46:27] david at mouf-php dot com I have a very strong feeling about this. I understand that the PHP implementation of traits is about copying traits into classes. Yet, the whole purpose of a Reflection API is to find where properties / methods are declared. I have a simple question: I need to be able to find in which class/trait a method is declared. I need this for my PHP framework (Mouf), that is heavily relying in reflection to build a graphical dependency injection system. I've written a lengthy blog post explaining what the problems with the current Reflection API are, and hopefully, how to find a (not perfect) work around. You can find the blog post here: http://mouf-php.com/blog/php_reflection_api_traits I really hope we can agree this is indeed something that needs to be fixed, as the workaround I've put in place are far from perfect. For technical details, my PHP version: PHP 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64963 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64963&edit=1