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get_class_methods

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

get_class_methods -- Gets the class methods' names

Description

array get_class_methods ( mixed class_name )

Gets the class methods names.

Parameters

class_name: The class name or an object instance

Return Values

Returns an array of method names defined for the class specified by class_name. In case of an error, it returns NULL.

ChangeLog

Version	Description
5.0.0	As of PHP 5, this function returns the name of the methods as they were declared (case-sensitive). In PHP 4 they were lowercased.
4.0.6	The ability of specifying the object itself has been added.

Examples

Example 1. get_class_methods() example


<?php

class myclass {
    // constructor
    function myclass()
    {
        return(true);
    }

    // method 1
    function myfunc1()
    {
        return(true);
    }

    // method 2
    function myfunc2()
    {
        return(true);
    }
}

$class_methods = get_class_methods('myclass');
// or
$class_methods = get_class_methods(new myclass());

foreach ($class_methods as $method_name) {
    echo "$method_name\n";
}

?>