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ReflectionMethod::invoke

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Invoke

Description

ReflectionMethod::invoke(object|null $object, mixed ...$args): mixed

Invokes a reflected method.

Parameters

object: The object to invoke the method on. For static methods, pass null to this parameter.
args: Zero or more parameters to be passed to the method. It accepts a variable number of parameters which are passed to the method.

Return Values

Returns the method result.

Errors/Exceptions

A ReflectionException if the object parameter does not contain an instance of the class that this method was declared in.

A ReflectionException if the method invocation failed.

Examples

ReflectionMethod::invoke example

php

<?php
class HelloWorld {

    public function sayHelloTo($name) {
        return 'Hello ' . $name;
    }

}

$reflectionMethod = new ReflectionMethod('HelloWorld', 'sayHelloTo');
echo $reflectionMethod->invoke(new HelloWorld(), 'Mike');
?>

The above example will output:

output

Hello Mike

Notes

Note

ReflectionMethod::invoke cannot be used when reference parameters are expected. ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs has to be used instead (passing references in the argument list).