note 105367 added to class.reflectionfunction

Here is a concise example of ReflectionFunction usage for Parameter Reflection / introspection (e.g. to automatically generate API descriptions) <?php $properties = $reflector->getProperties(); $refFunc = new ReflectionFunction('preg_replace'); foreach( $refFunc->getParameters() as $param ){ //invokes ■ReflectionParameter::__toString print $param; } ?> prints: Parameter #0 [ <required> $regex ] Parameter #1 [ <required> $replace ] Parameter #2 [ <required> $subject ] Parameter #3 [ <optional> $limit ] Parameter #4 [ <optional> &$count ] ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 80.239.242.94 (proxied: 77.118.252.95) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.reflectionfunction.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105367 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105367/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105367/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105367/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105367/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105367/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105367/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105367 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105367 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php