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ReflectionClass::getExtension

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Gets a ReflectionExtension object for the extension which defined the class

Description

ReflectionClass::getExtension(): ReflectionExtension|null

Gets a ReflectionExtension object for the extension which defined the class.

A ReflectionExtension object representing the extension which defined the class, or null for user-defined classes.

Basic usage of ReflectionClass::getExtension

php

<?php
$class = new ReflectionClass('ReflectionClass');
$extension = $class->getExtension();
var_dump($extension);
?>

The above example will output:

output

object(ReflectionExtension)#2 (1) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(10) "Reflection"
}