The Reflection::getShortName() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the short name of the specified class, the part without the namespace.
Syntax:
string Reflection::getShortName( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns the short name of the specified class, the part without the namespace.
Below programs illustrate the Reflection::getShortName() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Defining a namespace and class GFG namespace A\B;
class GFG{ }
// Using ReflectionClass over the namespace and // specified class GFG $ReflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass( 'A\\B\\GFG' );
// Calling getShortName() function $A = $ReflectionClass ->getShortName();
// Getting the short name of the specified class var_dump( $A );
?> |
Output:
string(3) "GFG"
Program 2:
<?php // Using ReflectionClass inbuilt function $ReflectionClass = new ReflectionClass( 'ReflectionClass' );
// Calling getShortName() functions $A = $ReflectionClass ->getShortName();
// Getting the short name of the specified class var_dump( $A );
?> |
Output:
string(15) "ReflectionClass"
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionclass.getshortname.php