The ReflectionMethod::isProtected() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return TRUE if the specified method is protected, otherwise returns FALSE.
Syntax:
bool ReflectionMethod::isProtected ( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE if the specified method is protected, otherwise returns FALSE.
Below programs illustrate the ReflectionMethod::isProtected() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Initializing a user-defined class class Company {
protected function GFG() {}
} // Using ReflectionMethod() over the class Company $A = new ReflectionMethod( 'Company' , 'GFG' );
// Calling the isProtected() function $B = $A ->isProtected();
// Getting the value TRUE if the specified // method is protected, otherwise FALSE. var_dump( $B );
?> |
Output:
bool(true)
Program 2:
<?php // Initializing some user-defined classes class Department1 {
public function hr( $name ) {
return 'HR' . $name ;
}
} class Department2 {
protected function Coding() {}
} class Department3 {
function marketing(){}
} // Using ReflectionMethod() over the above classes $A = new ReflectionMethod( 'Department1' , 'hR' );
$B = new ReflectionMethod( 'Department2' , 'Coding' );
$C = new ReflectionMethod( 'Department3' , 'marketing' );
// Calling the isProtected() function and // getting the value TRUE if the specified // method is protected, otherwise FALSE. var_dump( $A ->isProtected());
var_dump( $B ->isProtected());
var_dump( $C ->isProtected());
?> |
Output:
bool(false) bool(true) bool(false)
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionmethod.isprotected.php