ReflectionClass
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ReflectionClass::hasMethod

Checks if method is defined

Description

public bool ReflectionClass::hasMethod(string $name)

Checks whether a specific method is defined in a class.

Parameters

name

Name of the method being checked for.

Return Values

true if it has the method, otherwise false

Examples

Example #1 ReflectionClass::hasMethod example

<?php
Class C {
    public function publicFoo() {
        return true;
    }

    protected function protectedFoo() {
        return true;
    }

    private function privateFoo() {
        return true;
    }

    static function staticFoo() {
        return true;
    }
}

$rc = new ReflectionClass("C");

var_dump($rc->hasMethod('publicFoo'));

var_dump($rc->hasMethod('protectedFoo'));

var_dump($rc->hasMethod('privateFoo'));

var_dump($rc->hasMethod('staticFoo'));

// C should not have method bar
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('bar'));

// Method names are case insensitive
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('PUBLICfOO'));
?>

The above example will output:

bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(true)

See Also

  • ReflectionClass::hasConstant
  • ReflectionClass::hasProperty