The ReflectionClass::getParentClass() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the specified parent class or false if there is no parent class is present.
Syntax:
ReflectionClass ReflectionClass::getParentClass ( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns the specified parent class or false if there is no parent class is present.
Below programs illustrate the ReflectionClass::getParentClass() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Defining a class named as College class College {
// Defining a protected property
protected $College_Name = 'IIT Delhi' ;
} // Defining a sub class Departments of the // base class College class Departments extends College {
public $Dept1 = 'CSE' ;
private $Dept2 = 'ECE' ;
public static $Dept3 = 'EE' ;
} // Using ReflectionClass over sub class Departments $ReflectionClass = new ReflectionClass( 'Departments' );
// Getting the name of the parent class var_dump( $ReflectionClass ->getParentClass());
?> |
Output:
object(ReflectionClass)#2 (1) { ["name"]=> string(7) "College" }
Program 2:
<?php // Defining a class named as College class College {
// Defining a protected property
protected $College_Name = 'IIT Delhi' ;
} // Using ReflectionClass over the class College $ReflectionClass = new ReflectionClass( 'College' );
// Getting the name of the parent class var_dump( $ReflectionClass ->getParentClass());
?> |
Output:
bool(false)
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionclass.getparentclass.php