Set property accessibility

# ReflectionProperty::setAccessible

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionProperty::setAccessible — Set property accessibility

Warning

This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 8.5.0. Relying on this function is highly discouraged.

### Description

#[\Deprecated]
public ReflectionProperty::setAccessible(bool `$accessible`): void

Enables access to a protected or private property via the ReflectionProperty::getValue() and ReflectionProperty::setValue() methods.

> Note: As of PHP 8.1.0, calling this method has no effect; all properties are accessible by default.

### Parameters

`accessible`

  `true` to allow accessibility, or `false`.

### Return Values

No value is returned.

### Examples

Example #1 Simple Class definition

`<?php
class MyClass
{
private $foo = 'bar';
}
$property = new ReflectionProperty("MyClass", "foo");
$property->setAccessible(true);
$obj = new MyClass();
echo $property->getValue($obj);
echo $obj->foo;
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    bar
    Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot access private property MyClass::$foo in /in/WJqTv:12

### See Also

- ReflectionProperty::isPrivate() - Checks if property is private
- ReflectionProperty::isProtected() - Checks if property is protected

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