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ReflectionMethod::invoke

(PHP 5)

ReflectionMethod::invokeInvoke

Description

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

Invokes a reflected method.

Parameters

object

The object to invoke the method on. In case of static methods, you can pass null to this parameter.

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:

Hello Mike

See Also


ReflectionMethod
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