note 63183 added to function.get-class-methods

!Concerning PHP5 Only! If you want to get all methods/functions from a class you can do this with the get_class_methods function. <?php $arrMethodNames = get_class_methods ( $ClassNameOrObject); ?> However the drawback on this function in PHP5 is that you will NOT receive protected and private methods of a class/object if you are calling the method from another class/object context. If you want to receive all methods of a given Class in another Class you should use the PHP5 Reflection API. The following source allows to retrieve all methods from a derived class in its (abstract) Base Class. In the example you need to call the base constructor from the derived classes constructor in order to let the base class know the name of the derived class. Use the "__CLASS__" definition for passing the classname of current class to its base class. <?php // Base Class - Abstract abstract class A { // Array of ReflectionMethod Objects // is being set upon instanciation // derived Classes don't need to know about this array private $arrMethods; // Constructor which MUST be called from derived Class Constructor protected function __construct ( $strDerivedClassName ) { $oRefl = new ReflectionClass ( $strDerivedClassName ); if ( is_object($oRefl) ) { $this->arrMethods = $oRefl->getMethods(); } } // Some abstract function abstract protected function D (); // Some private function private function E() { } // method to print all class/object methods // must be callable from derived classes // can be protected if only for internal class use public function PrintAllMethods () { foreach ( $this->arrMethods as $curReflectionMethod ) { echo $curReflectionMethod->getName()."<br>"; } } } // Derived Class class B extends A { // Constructor for this class // MUST call Base Constructor public function __construct () { // Call Base Constructor parent::__construct(__CLASS__); } // Some public function public function A () { } // some protected function protected function B () { } // some private function private function C() { } // some abstract method from base class implemented protected function D () { } } // Create new B Object $b = new B(); // Print all Methods of this Object/Class $b->PrintAllMethods(); ?> In this example output will be: __construct A B C D E PrintAllMethods As you can see these are all methods from class B and also all methods from Class A respectivly in order of their declaration. Note that only one method "__construct" and only one method "D" are being shown. This is due to overloading (__construct) and implementing (D) in PHP. In this example any further method-handling methods should be implemented in the base class as these will be available in derived classes as well. Just make sure that you use the right access specifiers for these additional methods ( private, protected, public ) BoD ---- Server IP: 217.160.72.57 Probable Submitter: 212.8.217.254 (proxied: 10.10.2.115) ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.3 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER, HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-class-methods.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/63183 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63183/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63183/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63183/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63183/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63183/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63183/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/63183 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/63183 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php