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ReflectionClass::getConstructor

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Gets the constructor of the class

Description

ReflectionClass::getConstructor(): ReflectionMethod|null

Gets the constructor of the reflected class.

A ReflectionMethod object reflecting the class' constructor, or null if the class has no constructor.

Basic usage of ReflectionClass::getConstructor

php

<?php
$class = new ReflectionClass('ReflectionClass');
$constructor = $class->getConstructor();
var_dump($constructor);
?>

The above example will output:

output

object(ReflectionMethod)#2 (2) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(11) "__construct"
  ["class"]=>
  string(15) "ReflectionClass"
}