Be aware that calling the method newInstanceArgs with an empty array will still call the constructor with no arguments. If the class has no constructor then it will generate an exception.
You need to check if a constructor exists before calling this method or use try and catch to act on the exception.
Reflección
Introducción
PHP 5 viene con un API completa de reflexión que agrega la habilidad de hacer ingeniería inversa de clases, interfaces, funciones y métodos así como extensiones. Adicionalmente, el API de reflexión también ofrece formas de obtener los comentarios de los documentos para funciones, clases y métodos.
El API de reflexión es una extensión orientada a objetos para el compilador Zend, consistente de las siguientes clases:
<?php
class Reflection { }
interface Reflector { }
class ReflectionException extends Exception { }
class ReflectionFunction implements Reflector { }
class ReflectionParameter implements Reflector { }
class ReflectionMethod extends ReflectionFunction { }
class ReflectionClass implements Reflector { }
class ReflectionObject extends ReflectionClass { }
class ReflectionProperty implements Reflector { }
class ReflectionExtension implements Reflector { }
?>
Note: Para detalles de estas clases, de una mirada a los siguientes capítulos.
Si fuéramos a ejecutar el código en el siguiente ejemplo:
Example #1 Uso básico del API reflexión
<?php
Reflection::export(new ReflectionClass('Exception'));
?>
El resultado del ejemplo seria:
Class [ <internal> class Exception ] { - Constants [0] { } - Static properties [0] { } - Static methods [0] { } - Properties [6] { Property [ <default> protected $message ] Property [ <default> private $string ] Property [ <default> protected $code ] Property [ <default> protected $file ] Property [ <default> protected $line ] Property [ <default> private $trace ] } - Methods [9] { Method [ <internal> final private method __clone ] { } Method [ <internal> <ctor> public method __construct ] { - Parameters [2] { Parameter #0 [ <required> $message ] Parameter #1 [ <required> $code ] } } Method [ <internal> final public method getMessage ] { } Method [ <internal> final public method getCode ] { } Method [ <internal> final public method getFile ] { } Method [ <internal> final public method getLine ] { } Method [ <internal> final public method getTrace ] { } Method [ <internal> final public method getTraceAsString ] { } Method [ <internal> public method __toString ] { } } }
ReflectionFunction
La clase ReflectionFunction te permite funciones de ingeniería inversa.
<?php
class ReflectionFunction implements Reflector
{
final private __clone()
public object __construct(string name)
public string __toString()
public static string export()
public string getName()
public bool isInternal()
public bool isUserDefined()
public string getFileName()
public int getStartLine()
public int getEndLine()
public string getDocComment()
public array getStaticVariables()
public mixed invoke(mixed* args)
public mixed invokeArgs(array args)
public bool returnsReference()
public ReflectionParameter[] getParameters()
public int getNumberOfParameters()
public int getNumberOfRequiredParameters()
}
?>
Note: invokeArgs() fue agregado en PHP 5.1.0.
Para entender directamente una función, primero tiene que crear una isntancia de la clase ReflectionFunction. Hasta entonces puede llamar cualquier de los métodos anteriores en esta instancia.
Example #2 Usando la clase ReflectionFunction
<?php
/**
* A simple counter
*
* @return int
*/
function counter()
{
static $c = 0;
return $c++;
}
// Create an instance of the Reflection_Function class
$func = new ReflectionFunction('counter');
// Print out basic information
printf(
"===> The %s function '%s'\n".
" declared in %s\n".
" lines %d to %d\n",
$func->isInternal() ? 'internal' : 'user-defined',
$func->getName(),
$func->getFileName(),
$func->getStartLine(),
$func->getEndline()
);
// Print documentation comment
printf("---> Documentation:\n %s\n", var_export($func->getDocComment(), 1));
// Print static variables if existant
if ($statics = $func->getStaticVariables())
{
printf("---> Static variables: %s\n", var_export($statics, 1));
}
// Invoke the function
printf("---> Invokation results in: ");
var_dump($func->invoke());
// you may prefer to use the export() method
echo "\nReflectionFunction::export() results:\n";
echo ReflectionFunction::export('counter');
?>
Note: El método invoke() acepta un número de variable de argumentos los cuales son pasados a la función tal y como se hace en call_user_func().
ReflectionParameter
La clase ReflectionParameter obtiene información acerca de los parámetros de una función o un método.
<?php
class ReflectionParameter implements Reflector
{
final private __clone()
public object __construct(string name)
public string __toString()
public static string export()
public string getName()
public bool isPassedByReference()
public ReflectionClass getClass()
public bool allowsNull()
public bool isOptional()
public bool isDefaultValueAvailable()
public mixed getDefaultValue()
}
?>
Note: getDefaultValue(), isDefaultValueAvailable(), isOptional() fueron agregados en PHP 5.1.0.
Para entender los parámetros de la función, tendrá primero que crear una instancia de la clase ReflectionFunction o de la clase ReflectionMethod y entonces usar sus método getParameters() para obtener una matriz de parámetros.
Example #3 Usando la clase ReflectionParameter
<?php
function foo($a, $b, $c) { }
function bar(Exception $a, &$b, $c) { }
function baz(ReflectionFunction $a, $b = 1, $c = null) { }
function abc() { }
// Create an instance of Reflection_Function with the
// parameter given from the command line.
$reflect = new ReflectionFunction($argv[1]);
echo $reflect;
foreach ($reflect->getParameters() as $i => $param) {
printf(
"-- Parameter #%d: %s {\n".
" Class: %s\n".
" Allows NULL: %s\n".
" Passed to by reference: %s\n".
" Is optional?: %s\n".
"}\n",
$i,
$param->getName(),
var_export($param->getClass(), 1),
var_export($param->allowsNull(), 1),
var_export($param->isPassedByReference(), 1),
$param->isOptional() ? 'yes' : 'no'
);
}
?>
ReflectionClass
La clase ReflectionClass te permite hacer ingeniería inversa de clases.
<?php
class ReflectionClass implements Reflector
{
final private __clone()
public object __construct(string name)
public string __toString()
public static string export()
public string getName()
public bool isInternal()
public bool isUserDefined()
public bool isInstantiable()
public bool hasConstant(string name)
public bool hasProperty(string name)
public bool hasMethod(string name)
public string getFileName()
public int getStartLine()
public int getEndLine()
public string getDocComment()
public ReflectionMethod getConstructor()
public ReflectionMethod getMethod(string name)
public ReflectionMethod[] getMethods()
public ReflectionProperty getProperty(string name)
public ReflectionProperty[] getProperties()
public array getConstants()
public mixed getConstant(string name)
public ReflectionClass[] getInterfaces()
public bool isInterface()
public bool isAbstract()
public bool isFinal()
public int getModifiers()
public bool isInstance(stdclass object)
public stdclass newInstance(mixed* args)
public ReflectionClass getParentClass()
public bool isSubclassOf(ReflectionClass class)
public array getStaticProperties()
public array getDefaultProperties()
public bool isIterateable()
public bool implementsInterface(string name)
public ReflectionExtension getExtension()
public string getExtensionName()
}
?>
Note: hasConstant(), hasMethod(), hasProperty() fueron agregados en PHP 5.1.0.
Para entender una clase, primero tendrá que crear una instancia de la clase ReflectionClass. Entonces puede llamar cualquiera de los métodos anteriores en esta instancia.
Example #4 Usando la clase ReflectionClass
<?php
interface Serializable
{
// ...
}
class Object
{
// ...
}
/**
* A counter class
*/
class Counter extends Object implements Serializable
{
const START = 0;
private static $c = Counter::START;
/**
* Invoke counter
*
* @access public
* @return int
*/
public function count() {
return self::$c++;
}
}
// Create an instance of the ReflectionClass class
$class = new ReflectionClass('Counter');
// Print out basic information
printf(
"===> The %s%s%s %s '%s' [extends %s]\n" .
" declared in %s\n" .
" lines %d to %d\n" .
" having the modifiers %d [%s]\n",
$class->isInternal() ? 'internal' : 'user-defined',
$class->isAbstract() ? ' abstract' : '',
$class->isFinal() ? ' final' : '',
$class->isInterface() ? 'interface' : 'class',
$class->getName(),
var_export($class->getParentClass(), 1),
$class->getFileName(),
$class->getStartLine(),
$class->getEndline(),
$class->getModifiers(),
implode(' ', Reflection::getModifierNames($class->getModifiers()))
);
// Print documentation comment
printf("---> Documentation:\n %s\n", var_export($class->getDocComment(), 1));
// Print which interfaces are implemented by this class
printf("---> Implements:\n %s\n", var_export($class->getInterfaces(), 1));
// Print class constants
printf("---> Constants: %s\n", var_export($class->getConstants(), 1));
// Print class properties
printf("---> Properties: %s\n", var_export($class->getProperties(), 1));
// Print class methods
printf("---> Methods: %s\n", var_export($class->getMethods(), 1));
// If this class is instantiable, create an instance
if ($class->isInstantiable()) {
$counter = $class->newInstance();
echo '---> $counter is instance? ';
echo $class->isInstance($counter) ? 'yes' : 'no';
echo "\n---> new Object() is instance? ";
echo $class->isInstance(new Object()) ? 'yes' : 'no';
}
?>
Note: El método newInstance() acepta un número variable de argumentos los cuales son pasados a la función tal y como si se usara call_user_func().
Note: $class = new ReflectionClass('Foo'); $class->isInstance($arg) es equivalente a $arg instanceof Foo o is_a($arg, 'Foo').
ReflectionMethod
La clase ReflectionMethod te permite hacer ingenieria inversa de los métodos de la clase.
<?php
class ReflectionMethod extends ReflectionFunction
{
public __construct(mixed class, string name)
public string __toString()
public static string export()
public mixed invoke(stdclass object, mixed* args)
public moxed invokeArgs(stdclass object, array args)
public bool isFinal()
public bool isAbstract()
public bool isPublic()
public bool isPrivate()
public bool isProtected()
public bool isStatic()
public bool isConstructor()
public bool isDestructor()
public int getModifiers()
public ReflectionClass getDeclaringClass()
// Inherited from ReflectionFunction
final private __clone()
public string getName()
public bool isInternal()
public bool isUserDefined()
public string getFileName()
public int getStartLine()
public int getEndLine()
public string getDocComment()
public array getStaticVariables()
public bool returnsReference()
public ReflectionParameter[] getParameters()
public int getNumberOfParameters()
public int getNumberOfRequiredParameters()
}
?>
Para entender los métodos, primero tendrá que crear una instancia de la clase ReflectionMethod. Puede entonces llamar cualquiera de los métodos anteriores en esta instancia.
Example #5 Usando la clase ReflectionMethod
<?php
class Counter
{
private static $c = 0;
/**
* Increment counter
*
* @final
* @static
* @access public
* @return int
*/
final public static function increment()
{
return ++self::$c;
}
}
// Create an instance of the Reflection_Method class
$method = new ReflectionMethod('Counter', 'increment');
// Print out basic information
printf(
"===> The %s%s%s%s%s%s%s method '%s' (which is %s)\n" .
" declared in %s\n" .
" lines %d to %d\n" .
" having the modifiers %d[%s]\n",
$method->isInternal() ? 'internal' : 'user-defined',
$method->isAbstract() ? ' abstract' : '',
$method->isFinal() ? ' final' : '',
$method->isPublic() ? ' public' : '',
$method->isPrivate() ? ' private' : '',
$method->isProtected() ? ' protected' : '',
$method->isStatic() ? ' static' : '',
$method->getName(),
$method->isConstructor() ? 'the constructor' : 'a regular method',
$method->getFileName(),
$method->getStartLine(),
$method->getEndline(),
$method->getModifiers(),
implode(' ', Reflection::getModifierNames($method->getModifiers()))
);
// Print documentation comment
printf("---> Documentation:\n %s\n", var_export($method->getDocComment(), 1));
// Print static variables if existant
if ($statics= $method->getStaticVariables()) {
printf("---> Static variables: %s\n", var_export($statics, 1));
}
// Invoke the method
printf("---> Invokation results in: ");
var_dump($method->invoke(NULL));
?>
Note: Tratar de invocar métodos private, protected o abstract resultará en una excepción siendo arrojada del método invoke().
Note: Para métodos static como se vió anteriormente, se debe a invoke() se debe pasar NULL como primer argumento. Para métodos no estáticos, se pasa una instancia de la clase.
ReflectionProperty
La clase ReflectionProperty te permite hacer ingeniería inversa a las propiedades de la clase.
<?php
class ReflectionProperty implements Reflector
{
final private __clone()
public __construct(mixed class, string name)
public string __toString()
public static string export()
public string getName()
public bool isPublic()
public bool isPrivate()
public bool isProtected()
public bool isStatic()
public bool isDefault()
public int getModifiers()
public mixed getValue(stdclass object)
public void setValue(stdclass object, mixed value)
public ReflectionClass getDeclaringClass()
}
?>
Para entender las propiedades, se debe primero crear una instancia de la clase ReflectionProperty. Y entonces puede llamar cualquiera de los métodos anteriores sobre esta instancia.
Example #6 Usando la clase ReflectionProperty
<?php
class String
{
public $length = 5;
}
// Create an instance of the ReflectionProperty class
$prop = new ReflectionProperty('String', 'length');
// Print out basic information
printf(
"===> The%s%s%s%s property '%s' (which was %s)\n" .
" having the modifiers %s\n",
$prop->isPublic() ? ' public' : '',
$prop->isPrivate() ? ' private' : '',
$prop->isProtected() ? ' protected' : '',
$prop->isStatic() ? ' static' : '',
$prop->getName(),
$prop->isDefault() ? 'declared at compile-time' : 'created at run-time',
var_export(Reflection::getModifierNames($prop->getModifiers()), 1)
);
// Create an instance of String
$obj= new String();
// Get current value
printf("---> Value is: ");
var_dump($prop->getValue($obj));
// Change value
$prop->setValue($obj, 10);
printf("---> Setting value to 10, new value is: ");
var_dump($prop->getValue($obj));
// Dump object
var_dump($obj);
?>
Note: Trying to get or set private or protected class property's values will result in an exception being thrown.
ReflectionExtension
La clase ReflectionExtension te permite hacer ingeniería inversa a extensiones. Puede obtener todas las extensiones cargadas en tiempo de ejecución usando get_loaded_extensions().
<?php
class ReflectionExtension implements Reflector {
final private __clone()
public __construct(string name)
public string __toString()
public static string export()
public string getName()
public string getVersion()
public ReflectionFunction[] getFunctions()
public array getConstants()
public array getINIEntries()
public ReflectionClass[] getClasses()
public array getClassNames()
}
?>
Para entender una extensión, primero se tiene que crear una instancia de la clase ReflectionExtension. Y entonces puede llamarse a cualquiera de los métodos mencionados arriba sobre esa instancia.
Example #7 Usando la clase ReflectionExtension
<?php
// Create an instance of the ReflectionProperty class
$ext = new ReflectionExtension('standard');
// Print out basic information
printf(
"Name : %s\n" .
"Version : %s\n" .
"Functions : [%d] %s\n" .
"Constants : [%d] %s\n" .
"INI entries : [%d] %s\n" .
"Classes : [%d] %s\n",
$ext->getName(),
$ext->getVersion() ? $ext->getVersion() : 'NO_VERSION',
sizeof($ext->getFunctions()),
var_export($ext->getFunctions(), 1),
sizeof($ext->getConstants()),
var_export($ext->getConstants(), 1),
sizeof($ext->getINIEntries()),
var_export($ext->getINIEntries(), 1),
sizeof($ext->getClassNames()),
var_export($ext->getClassNames(), 1)
);
?>
Extendiendo las clases de reflexión
En caso de que se quiera crear una versión especializada de las clases integradas (es decir, para crear HTML con colores cuando se exporta, tener fácil acceso a las variables de los miembros en lugar de los métodos o tener métodos de utilería), se puede simplemente extenderlos.
Example #8 Extendiendo las clase integradas
<?php
/**
* My Reflection_Method class
*/
class My_Reflection_Method extends ReflectionMethod
{
public $visibility = '';
public function __construct($o, $m)
{
parent::__construct($o, $m);
$this->visibility= Reflection::getModifierNames($this->getModifiers());
}
}
/**
* Demo class #1
*
*/
class T {
protected function x() {}
}
/**
* Demo class #2
*
*/
class U extends T {
function x() {}
}
// Print out information
var_dump(new My_Reflection_Method('U', 'x'));
?>
Note: Precaución: Si se desea sobreescribir el constructor, recuerde llamar el constructor padre _antes_ que cualquier otro código que se inserte. El no hacerlo así resultará en: Fatal error: Internal error: Failed to retrieve the reflection object
Reflección
29-Jul-2008 10:37
20-Jun-2008 12:47
When your class extends a parent class you maybe want the name
of them. Using getParentClass() is maybe a bit confusing. When
you want the name as string try the following.
<?php
$class = new ReflectionClass('whatever');
$parent = (array) $class->getParentClass();
if(array_key_exists('name', $parent))
{
# name of the parent class
$parent = parent['name'];
}
else
{
# no parent class avaible
$parent = false;
}
?>
When you turn getParentClass() to an array it will result either
array(0 => false) when no parent class exist or
array('name' => 'name of the parent class'). Tested on PHP 5.2.4
11-May-2008 09:44
The note about the signature of the ReflectionParameter constructor is actually incomplete, at least in 5.2.5: it is possible to use an integer for the second parameter, and the constructor will use it to return the n-th parameter.
This allows you to obtain proper ReflectionParameter objects even when documenting code from extensions which (strangely enough) define several parameters with the same name. The string-based constructor always returns the first parameter with the matching name, whereas the integer-based constructor correctly returns the n-th parameter.
So, in short, this works:
<?php
// supposing the extension defined something like:
// Some_Class::someMethod($a, $x, $y, $x, $y)
$p = new ReflectionParameter(array('Some_Class', 'someMethod'), 4);
// returns the last parameter, whereas
$p = new ReflectionParameter(array('Some_Class', 'someMethod'), 'y');
// always returns the first $y at position 2
?>
08-Apr-2008 11:32
I think there are still some limitations in the reflection abilities:
* ReflectionClass :: getConstants() returns an associative array with the constants and their values inside. I don't understand, why they don't use an object there, too (e.g. ReflectionConstant). The final effect is, that you aren't able to read out the DocComment of constants.
* There is no nice way to access the default values of properties. You can workaround a bit with get_class_vars(), but this just returns the values of public properties. No way to access protected or even private properties.
* PHP 5 has a nice feature called type hinting. This is completely omitted. You may ask, if a certain parameter is an array, but you won't get the denoted type hint.
Maybe this is, or will be extended. I hope so.
hth,
Niels
08-Apr-2008 12:34
PHP 5.3 will receive Java's setAccessible() functionality for accessing protected/privates.
17-Feb-2008 03:41
I encountered a weird problem with ReflectionFunction, described in ticket 44139 of PHP Bugs.
If for some reason you need to call with invoke, or invokeArgs, a function like array_unshift (that accepts internally the array by reference) you could use this code to avoid the generated warning or fatal error.
<?php
function unshift(){
$ref = new ReflectionFunction('array_unshift');
$arguments = func_get_args();
return $ref->invokeArgs(array_merge(array(&$this->arr), $arguments));
}
?>
I don't know about performances (you can create an array manually too, starting from array(&$this->something) and adding arguments). However, it seems to work correctly without problems, at least until the send by reference will be usable with one single value ...
31-Jan-2008 11:47
Like Will Mason said for the ReflectionMethod's constants, there is filter constants for ReflectionProperty too:
ReflectionProperty::IS_STATIC
ReflectionProperty::IS_PUBLIC
ReflectionProperty::IS_PROTECTED
ReflectionProperty::IS_PRIVATE
that can be used in the ReflectionClass' method getProperties:
$class=new ReflectionClass("Foo");
$class->getProperties(
ReflectionProperty::IS_STATIC |
ReflectionProperty::IS_PUBLIC );
this obtains the publics (static or not) and the statics (public or not): this exlude the non static private properties.
04-Dec-2007 02:16
If you are getting
Fatal error: Trying to clone an uncloneable object of class ReflectionClass in …
Ensure that this is set.
zend.ze1_compatibility_mode=Off in php.ini
Thanks to anil who posted this on www.tecpages.com
03-Aug-2007 10:29
If you are looking for the long $filters for ReflectionClass::getMethods(), here they are. They took me a long time to find. Found nothing in the docs, nor google. But of course, Reflection itself was the final solution, in the form of ReflectionExtension::export("Reflection").
<?php
//The missing long $filter values!!!
ReflectionMethod::IS_STATIC;
ReflectionMethod::IS_PUBLIC;
ReflectionMethod::IS_PROTECTED;
ReflectionMethod::IS_PRIVATE;
ReflectionMethod::IS_ABSTRACT;
ReflectionMethod::IS_FINAL;
//Use them like this
$R = new ReflectionClass("MyClass");
//print all public methods
foreach ($R->getMethods(ReflectionMethod::IS_PUBLIC) as $m)
echo $m->__toString();
?>
25-Jul-2007 02:53
Signature of constructor of ReflectionParameter correctly is:
public function __construct(array/string $function, string $name);
where $function is either a name of a global function, or a class/method name pair.
18-Jul-2007 05:58
I found these limitations using class ReflectionParameter from ReflectionFunction with INTERNAL FUNCTIONS (eg print_r, str_replace, ... ) :
1. parameter names don't match with manual: (try example 19.35 with arg "call_user_func" )
2. some functions (eg PCRE function, preg_match etc) have EMPTY parameter names
3. calling getDefaultValue on Parameters will result in Exception "Cannot determine default value for internal functions"
05-Sep-2006 11:19
If you need to try to do something with the phpdoc or like the java notations in php4, you can create your own
'reflection functions'. This is a litle example of that.
<?php
/**
* Comment used to start a phpdoc
* @author Thiago Mata
* @package notations
*/
define( 'START_DOC' , '/**' );
/**
* Comment used to end a phpdoc
* @author Thiago Mata
* @package notations
*/
define( 'END_DOC' , '*/' );
/**
* Comment used to indicate a tag of phpdoc
* @author Thiago Mata
* @package notations
*/
define( 'TAG_DOC' , '@' );
/**
* This is a function maded in PHP4 to get the notations from some php file.
* Can use comments with many lines
*
* @author Thiago Mata
* @date 05/09/2006
* @package notations
* @param string $strFile
* @copyright open source
* @example <code> $arrNotations = getFileNotations( 'somefile.php' ); </code>
*/
function getFileNotations( $strFile )
{
$strText = file_get_contents( $strFile );
$arrText = explode( "\n" , $strText );
$arrNotations = array();
for ( $intCount = 0 ; $intCount < count( $arrText ) ; ++$intCount )
{
$strLine = $arrText[ $intCount ];
// inside the phpdoc //
if ( strpos( trim( $strLine ) , START_DOC ) === 0 )
{
++$intCount;
$strLine = $arrText[ $intCount ];
$arrNotation = array();
// while the phpdoc is not finished //
while ( ( strpos( trim( $strLine ) , END_DOC ) !== 0 ) and ( $intCount < count( $arrText ) ) )
{
// removing the tag doc from the line //
$strLine = substr( $strLine , strpos( $strLine , TAG_DOC ) );
// get the name of the tag //
$strName = substr( $strLine , 0 , strpos( $strLine , ' ' ) );
// get the value of the tag //
$strLine = substr( $strLine , strpos( $strLine , ' ' ) + 1 );
if ( strpos( trim( $strLine ) , '*' ) === 0 )
{
$strLine = substr( $strLine , strpos( $strLine , '*' ) + 1 );
}
$strLine = trim( $strLine );
if ( ! isset( $arrNotation[ $strName ] ) )
{
$arrNotation[ $strName ] = '';
}
else
{
if ( $strLine != '' )
{
$arrNotation[ $strName ] .= "\n";
}
}
$arrNotation[ $strName ] .= trim( $strLine );
++$intCount;
$strLine = $arrText[ $intCount ];
}
if ( $intCount < count( $arrText ) )
{
do
{
++$intCount;
$strLine = $arrText[ $intCount ];
}
while ( $strLine == '' );
// adding the notation to the next command line //
$arrNotations[ trim( $arrText[ $intCount ] ) ] = $arrNotation;
$intCount--;
}
}
}
return( $arrNotations );
}
print( '<pre>' . "\n" );
var_export( getFileNotations( __FILE__ ) );
print( '</pre>' . "\n" );
?>
<!-- OUTPUT
array (
'define( \'START_DOC\' , \'/**\' );' =>
array (
'' => 'Comment used to start a phpdoc',
'@author' => 'Thiago Mata',
'@package' => 'notations',
),
'define( \'END_DOC\' , \'*/\' );' =>
array (
'' => 'Comment used to end a phpdoc',
'@author' => 'Thiago Mata',
'@package' => 'notations',
),
'define( \'TAG_DOC\' , \'@\' );' =>
array (
'' => 'Comment used to indicate a tag of phpdoc',
'@author' => 'Thiago Mata',
'@package' => 'notations',
),
'function getFileNotations( $strFile )' =>
array (
'' => 'This is a function maded in PHP4 to get the notations from some php file.
Can use comments with many lines',
'@author' => 'Thiago Mata',
'@date' => '05/09/2006',
'@package' => 'notations',
'@param' => 'string $strFile',
'@copyright' => 'open source',
'@example' => '<code> $arrNotations = getFileNotations( \'somefile.php\' ); </code>',
),
)
-->
02-Jun-2006 10:09
I have written a function which returns the value of a given DocComment tag.
Full example:
<?php
header('Content-Type: text/plain');
class Example
{
/**
* This is my DocComment!
*
* @DocTag: prints Hello World!
*/
public function myMethod()
{
echo 'Hello World!';
}
}
function getDocComment($str, $tag = '')
{
if (empty($tag))
{
return $str;
}
$matches = array();
preg_match("/".$tag.":(.*)(\\r\\n|\\r|\\n)/U", $str, $matches);
if (isset($matches[1]))
{
return trim($matches[1]);
}
return '';
}
$method = new ReflectionMethod('Example', 'myMethod');
// will return Hello World!
echo getDocComment($method->getDocComment(), '@DocTag');
?>
Maybe you can add this functionality to the getDocComment methods of the reflection classes.
08-Feb-2006 05:07
Beware, the Reflection reflects only the information right after compile time based on the definitions, not based on runtime objects. Might be obvious, wasn't for me, until the app throws the exception at my head.
Example:
<?php
class A {
public $a = null;
function set() {
$this->foo = 'bar';
}
}
$a = new A;
$a->set();
// works fine
$Reflection = new ReflectionProperty($a, 'a');
// throws exception
$Reflection = new ReflectionProperty($a, 'foo');
?>
28-Apr-2005 02:28
The wonderfull example code of russ collier works great until using it in combination with an interface or another abstract class, wich forces to define a function or variable in the loadable dynamic class, and the loaded class doesn't implement all the abstract functions. Ofcourse the class should not be used and an error should be reported, but the reported error is a Fatal error and is impossible to catch. This way it is impossible to, for example, generate an error message displaying the name of the file from wich the class is loaded.
Having dynamicly loadable classes with a forced interface can be very usefull when working on big projects or giving third parties the ability to provide new plugins. Considering this (imho) it would be nice to provide a clean error message to the writer of the plugin.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
20-Oct-2004 05:40
Actually, aside from my inconsistent order of keywords in the 2 factory methods ;-) the Triangle::getInstance() method has 1 glaring flaw: it never actually sets the Triangle::$instance property. The correct way to implement a Singleton this way would be to replace Triangle::getInstance() with this:
<?php
static public function getInstance()
{
if ( null == self::$instance )
{
self::$instance = new self;
return self