ReflectionClass::hasMethod

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionClass::hasMethodChecks if method is defined

Description

public ReflectionClass::hasMethod(string $name): bool

Checks whether a specific method is defined in a class.

Parameters

name

Name of the method being checked for.

Return Values

true if it has the method, otherwise false

Examples

Example #1 ReflectionClass::hasMethod() example

<?php
Class C {
public function
publicFoo() {
return
true;
}

protected function
protectedFoo() {
return
true;
}

private function
privateFoo() {
return
true;
}

static function
staticFoo() {
return
true;
}
}

$rc = new ReflectionClass("C");

var_dump($rc->hasMethod('publicFoo'));

var_dump($rc->hasMethod('protectedFoo'));

var_dump($rc->hasMethod('privateFoo'));

var_dump($rc->hasMethod('staticFoo'));

// C should not have method bar
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('bar'));

// Method names are case insensitive
var_dump($rc->hasMethod('PUBLICfOO'));
?>

The above example will output:

bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(true)

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