The ReflectionProperty::getDeclaringClass() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the specified declaring classes.
Syntax:
ReflectionClass ReflectionProperty::getDeclaringClass ( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameter.
Return Value: This function returns the specified declaring classes.
Below programs illustrate the ReflectionProperty::getDeclaringClass() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Initializing a user-defined class Company class Company {
public $SizeOfGeeksforGeeks = 13;
public $SizeOfGFG = 3;
} // Using ReflectionProperty $A = new ReflectionProperty( 'Company' , 'SizeOfGeeksforGeeks' );
$B = new ReflectionProperty( 'Company' , 'SizeOfGFG' );
// Calling the getDeclaringClass() function $C = $A ->getDeclaringClass();
$D = $B ->getDeclaringClass();
// Getting the specified declaring classes var_dump( $C );
var_dump( $D );
?> |
Output:
object(ReflectionClass)#3 (1) { ["name"]=> string(7) "Company" } object(ReflectionClass)#4 (1) { ["name"]=> string(7) "Company" }
Program 2:
<?php // Initializing some user-defined classes class Department1
{ public $SizeOfHR = 2;
} class Department2
{ public $SizeOfCoding = 6;
} class Department3
{ public $SizeOfMarketing = 9;
} // Using ReflectionProperty over above classes $A = new ReflectionProperty( 'Department1' , 'SizeOfHR' );
$B = new ReflectionProperty( 'Department2' , 'SizeOfCoding' );
$C = new ReflectionProperty( 'Department3' , 'SizeOfMarketing' );
// Calling the getDeclaringClass() function $D = $A ->getDeclaringClass();
$E = $B ->getDeclaringClass();
$F = $C ->getDeclaringClass();
// Getting the specified declaring classes var_dump( $D );
var_dump( $E );
var_dump( $F );
?> |
Output:
object(ReflectionClass)#4 (1) { ["name"]=> string(11) "Department1" } object(ReflectionClass)#5 (1) { ["name"]=> string(11) "Department2" } object(ReflectionClass)#6 (1) { ["name"]=> string(11) "Department3" }
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionproperty.getdeclaringclass.php