note 118606 added to reflectionclass.getdoccomment

This code can help you get the contents of a docBlock in array format beginning with the @symbol and ignoring the (*) asterists. class Home { /** *This method loads the homepage *@param int $id The user id *@throws \Exception If the user id doesn't exist *@return void */ public function index( $id) { #...your code here } } $object = new Home(); //get the comment string $comment_string= (new ReflectionClass($object))->getMethod('index')->getdoccomment(); //define the regular expression pattern to use for string matching $pattern = "#(@[a-zA-Z]+\s*[a-zA-Z0-9, ()_].*)#"; //perform the regular expression on the string provided preg_match_all($pattern, $comment_string, $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER); echo "<pre>"; print_r($matches); //this outputs Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => @param int $id The user id [1] => @throws \Exception If the user id doesn't exist [2] => @return void ) [1] => Array ( [0] => @param int $id The user id [1] => @throws \Exception If the user id doesn't exist [2] => @return void ) ) //you can then be able to access the particular string values by index ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 105.231.169.245 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/reflectionclass.getdoccomment.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/118606 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118606/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118606/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118606/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118606/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118606/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118606/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118606 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/118606 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php