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The ReflectionAttribute class

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The ReflectionAttribute class provides information about an Attribute.

Intro

The ReflectionAttribute class provides information about an Attribute.

Class synopsis

class ReflectionAttribute implements Reflector { }

Properties

name

The name of the attribute.

Predefined Constants

ReflectionAttribute Flags

ReflectionAttribute::IS_INSTANCEOFint

Retrieve attributes using an instanceof check. Used as the flags argument of ReflectionClass::getAttributes and the equivalent methods of the other reflection classes. When set, the name argument matches attributes whose class is the given class or a subclass of it, or implements the given interface, instead of only matching the exact class name.

Note

The values of these constants may change between PHP versions. It is recommended to always use the constants and not rely on the values directly.

Changelog

VersionDescription
8.4.0All class constants are now typed.
8.4.0Added ReflectionAttribute::$name.

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In this section

ReflectionAttribute::__construct

Private constructor to disallow direct instantiation

ReflectionAttribute::getArguments

Gets arguments passed to attribute

ReflectionAttribute::getName

Gets attribute name

ReflectionAttribute::getTarget

Returns the target of the attribute as bitmask

ReflectionAttribute::isRepeated

Returns whether the attribute of this name has been repeated on a code element

ReflectionAttribute::newInstance

Instantiates the attribute class represented by this ReflectionAttribute class and argumen...

Source: reference/reflection/reflectionattribute.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)