PHP Manual: Invoke args

Description

public mixed ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs(objectnull $object, array $args)

Invokes the reflected method and pass its arguments as array.

Parameters

object: The object to invoke the method on. In case of static methods, you can pass null to this parameter.
args: The parameters to be passed to the function, as an array.

Return Values

Returns the method result.

Errors/Exceptions

A ReflectionException if the object parameter does not contain an instance of the class that this method was declared in.

A ReflectionException if the method invocation failed.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`args` keys will now be interpreted as parameter names, instead of being silently ignored.

Examples

Example #1 ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs example

<?php
class HelloWorld {

    public function sayHelloTo($name) {
        return 'Hello ' . $name;
    }

}

$reflectionMethod = new ReflectionMethod('HelloWorld', 'sayHelloTo');
echo $reflectionMethod->invokeArgs(new HelloWorld(), array('Mike'));
?>

The above example will output:

Hello Mike

Notes

Note:
If the function has arguments that need to be references, then they must be references in the passed argument list.

ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs