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ReflectionClass::getExtensionName

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Gets the name of the extension which defined the class

Description

ReflectionClass::getExtensionName(): string|false

Gets the name of the extension which defined the class.

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

The name of the extension which defined the class, or false for user-defined classes.

Examples

Basic usage of ReflectionClass::getExtensionName

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

The above example will output:

output
string(10) "Reflection"

See Also

  • ReflectionClass::getExtension

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