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ReflectionParameter::getDeclaringClass

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.3, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionParameter::getDeclaringClassGets declaring class

Description

public ReflectionParameter::getDeclaringClass(): ?ReflectionClass

Gets the declaring class.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

A ReflectionClass object or null if called on function.

Examples

Example #1 Getting the class that declared the method

<?php
class Foo
{
public function
bar(\DateTime $datetime)
{
}
}

class
Baz extends Foo
{
}

$param = new \ReflectionParameter(['Baz', 'bar'], 0);

var_dump($param->getDeclaringClass());

The above example will output:

object(ReflectionClass)#2 (1) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(3) "Foo"
}

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