(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ReflectionMethod::invoke — Invoke
Invokes a reflected method.
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.
Returns the method result.
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.
Example #1 ReflectionMethod::invoke() example
<?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:
Hello Mike
Note:
ReflectionMethod::invoke() cannot be used when reference parameters are expected. ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() has to be used instead (passing references in the argument list).