Req #74245 [Opn]: No other ways to get all constants from class but using reflection

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74245&edit=1 ID: 74245 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: rusbik91 at gmail dot com Summary: No other ways to get all constants from class but using reflection Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Performance problem Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 PHP Version: 7.1.2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: > btw, getConstants even does not have documentation, so you see > how bad it is. If a function is warned as being currently undocumented, it doesn't mean that the function is bad or shouldn't be used, but rather that nobody had the time to properly document it. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-03-14 10:09:09] rusbik91 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ There is no other ways to get constants list from class but using reflection, that is really slow (look at example 1). For properties of class i can do it by using get_object_vars() and it is fast (look at example 2). Why we need it? PHP lacks of enum construction and we have to implement it via const. If we want to get all enum values (like dictionary), so we need to use damned ReflectionClass. Would be very nice if we can get all const values by quick simple function. btw, getConstants even does not have documentation, so you see how bad it is. Test script: --------------- example 1: http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/e4d114eb2e339be4c6fc5d3a17877d96fbfbcc38 example 2: http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/8d0f8dcc733804fd2f78677bf6e2ac70bd942852 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74245&edit=1