Re: How to get the 'return type' of a function?

2010/2/23 Dasn <dasn@lavabit.com>: > Hello guys, I try to use 'ReflectionFunction' to retrieve the info of a > function. > For example: > <?php > > $rf = new ReflectionFunction('strstr'); > echo $rf; > ?> > =============== output ================== > > Function [ <internal:standard> function strstr ] { > >  - Parameters [3] { >    Parameter #0 [ <required> $haystack ] >    Parameter #1 [ <required> $needle ] >    Parameter #2 [ <optional> $part ] >  } > } > > The problem is there's no 'return type' (i.e. 'string' in this > example) > info about the function. > > Could you tell me how to retrieve the 'return type'? > Thanks. I think PHP doesnt support it. In ReflectionParameter class you'll see there is no parameter type too. May be this is because PHP is loosely typed language. -- Shiplu Mokaddim My talks, http://talk.cmyweb.net Follow me, http://twitter.com/shiplu SUST Programmers, http://groups.google.com/group/p2psust Innovation distinguishes bet ... ... (ask Steve Jobs the rest)