ReflectionClass ReflectionClass::getParentClass (void)Parameters:This function takes no parameters.Return Value:This function returns the specified parent class, or false if there is no parent class.Below programs illustrate the ReflectionClass::getParentClass()function in PHP:
Program 1:
// Class definition with the name College class College { // Define a protected property protected $College_Name = ’IIT Delhi’ ; }
// Define the subclass Departments
// base college class class Departments extends College { public $Dept1 = ’CSE’ ; private $Dept2 = ’ECE’ ; public static $Dept3 = ’EE’ ; }
// Using ReflectionClass over the Departments subclass $ReflectionClass = new ReflectionClass ( ’Departments’ );
// Get the name of the parent class var_dump ( $ReflectionClass -> getParentClass()); ?> Output: object (ReflectionClass) # 2 (1) {["name"] = > string (7) "College"} Program 2:
// Definition of a class named College class College { // Define the protected property protected $College_Name = ’ IIT Delhi’ ; }
// Using ReflectionClass over College $ReflectionClass = new ReflectionClass ( ’College’ );
// Get the name of the parent class var_dump ( $ReflectionClass -> getParentClass()); ?> Output: bool (false)
Link: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionclass.getparentclass.php
