Set method accessibility

# ReflectionMethod::setAccessible

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionMethod::setAccessible — Set method accessibility

Warning

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

### Description

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

Enables invoking of a protected or private method via the ReflectionMethod::invoke() method.

> Note: As of PHP 8.1.0, calling this method has no effect; all methods are invokable 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 function foo()
{
return 'bar';
}
}
$method = new ReflectionMethod("MyClass", "foo");
$method->setAccessible(true);
$obj = new MyClass();
echo $method->invoke($obj);
echo $obj->foo();
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    bar
    Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to private method MyClass::foo() from global scope in /in/qdaZS:16

### See Also

- ReflectionMethod::isPrivate() - Checks if method is private
- ReflectionMethod::isProtected() - Checks if method is protected

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