note 83125 added to language.oop5.reflection

The note about the signature of the ReflectionParameter constructor is actually incomplete, at least in 5.2.5: it is possible to use an integer for the second parameter, and the constructor will use it to return the n-th parameter. This allows you to obtain proper ReflectionParameter objects even when documenting code from extensions which (strangely enough) define several parameters with the same name. The string-based constructor always returns the first parameter with the matching name, whereas the integer-based constructor correctly returns the n-th parameter. So, in short, this works: <?php // supposing the extension defined something like: // Some_Class::someMethod($a, $x, $y, $x, $y) $p = new ReflectionParameter(array('Some_Class', 'someMethod'), 4); // returns the last parameter, whereas $p = new ReflectionParameter(array('Some_Class', 'someMethod'), 'y'); // always returns the first $y at position 2 ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 82.238.217.133 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.reflection.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83125 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83125/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83125/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83125/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83125/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83125/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83125/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83125 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83125 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php