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ReflectionMethod::invoke

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

ReflectionMethod::invoke — Invoke

Description

public ReflectionMethod::invoke ( object $object [, mixed $... ] ) : mixed

Invokes a reflected method.

Parameters

object

The object to invoke the method on. For static methods, passnull to this parameter.

...

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

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:

Notes

Note:

If the function has arguments that need to be references, then they must be references in the passed argument list.

See Also