get_class_methods

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

get_class_methodsGets the class methods' names

Description

get_class_methods(object|string $object_or_class): array

Gets the class methods names.

Parameters

object_or_class

The class name or an object instance

Return Values

Returns an array of method names defined for the class specified by object_or_class.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 The object_or_class parameter now only accepts objects or valid class names.

Examples

Example #1 get_class_methods() example

<?php

class myclass {
    
// constructor
    
function __construct()
    {
        return(
true);
    }

    
// method 1
    
function myfunc1()
    {
        return(
true);
    }

    
// method 2
    
function myfunc2()
    {
        return(
true);
    }
}

$class_methods get_class_methods('myclass');
// or
$class_methods get_class_methods(new myclass());

foreach (
$class_methods as $method_name) {
    echo 
"$method_name\n";
}

?>

The above example will output:

myclass
myfunc1
myfunc2

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