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The ReflectionParameter class

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Introduction

The ReflectionParameter class retrieves information about function's or method's parameters.

To introspect function parameters, first create an instance of the ReflectionFunction or ReflectionMethod classes and then use their ReflectionFunctionAbstract::getParameters() method to retrieve an array of parameters.

Class synopsis

class ReflectionParameter implements Reflector {
/* Properties */
public string $name;
/* Methods */
public __construct(string|array|object $function, int|string $param)
public allowsNull(): bool
private __clone(): void
public static export(string $function, string $parameter, bool $return = ?): string
public getAttributes(?string $name = null, int $flags = 0): array
public getName(): string
public getPosition(): int
public hasType(): bool
public isArray(): bool
public isCallable(): bool
public isOptional(): bool
public isVariadic(): bool
public __toString(): string
}

Properties

name

Name of the parameter. Read-only, throws ReflectionException in attempt to write.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 ReflectionParameter::export() was removed.

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fgm at riff dot org
16 years ago
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
?>
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killgecNOFSPAM at gmail dot com
17 years ago
Signature of constructor of ReflectionParameter correctly is:

public function __construct(array/string $function, string $name);

where $function is either a name of a global function, or a class/method name pair.
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massimo at mmware dot it
17 years ago
I found these limitations using class ReflectionParameter from ReflectionFunction with INTERNAL FUNCTIONS (eg print_r, str_replace, ... ) :

1. parameter names don't match with manual: (try example 19.35 with arg "call_user_func" )
2. some functions (eg PCRE function, preg_match etc) have EMPTY parameter names
3. calling getDefaultValue on Parameters will result in Exception "Cannot determine default value for internal functions"
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rasmus at mindplay dot dk
1 year ago
There are so many parameter modes now, and I needed to know exactly what `ReflectionParameter` is going to return, so I wrote a little test-script - you can find the script and results in a table here:

https://gist.github.com/mindplay-dk/082458088988e32256a827f9b7491e17
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