yep/reflection

PHP class reflection enhancements

, _(*1)

PHP class reflection enhancements (For PHP7+)

Packagist

Reflection is available on Packagist.org, just add the dependency to your composer.json., _(*2)

{
  "require" : {
    "yep/reflection": "^2.0"
  }
}

or run Composer command:, _(*3)

php composer.phar require yep/reflection

What do Yep/Reflection?

"Test subject" and example code

<?php
class SomeClass {
    private $someProperty;

    protected function someMethod($someArgument) {
        return $someArgument;
    }

    public function getSomeProperty() {
        return $this->someProperty;
    }

    public function setSomeProperty($someProperty) {
        $this->someProperty = $someProperty;
    }
}

class SomeClass2 extends SomeClass {
}

$someClass = new SomeClass();
$reflection = \Yep\Reflection\ReflectionClass::from($class = $someClass);

You can simply call the protected or private method

<?php
$someClass = new SomeClass();

echo $reflection->invokeMethod($method = 'someMethod', $arguments = ['foo']); // 'foo'

You can simply set value to the protected or private property

<?php
$someClass = new SomeClass();

$reflection->setPropertyValue($property = 'someProperty', $value = 'foo');

echo $someClass->getSomeProperty(); // 'foo'

You can simply get value from the protected or private property

<?php
$someClass = new SomeClass();
$someClass->setSomeProperty('foo');

echo $reflection->getPropertyValue($property = 'someProperty'); // 'foo';

Wanna access parent or parent's private property?

<?php
$someClass = new SomeClass2();
$someClass->setSomeProperty('foo');

echo $reflection->getParent()->getPropertyValue($property = 'someProperty'); // 'foo';