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ReflectionFunction::__toString

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionFunction::__toStringReturns the string representation of the ReflectionFunction object

Description

public ReflectionFunction::__toString(): string

Get a human-readable description of the function, its parameters and return values.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

The string.

Examples

Example #1 ReflectionFunction::__toString() example

<?php
function title($title, $name)
{
return
sprintf("%s. %s\r\n", $title, $name);
}

echo new
ReflectionFunction('title');
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Function [ <user> function title ] {
  @@ Command line code 1 - 1

  - Parameters [2] {
    Parameter #0 [ <required> $title ]
    Parameter #1 [ <required> $name ]
  }
}

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