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ReflectionMethod::invoke

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionMethod::invoke — Invoke

Description

public ReflectionMethod::invoke(?object $object, mixed ...$args): mixed

Invokes a reflected method.

Parameters

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.

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

Notes

Note:

ReflectionMethod::invoke() cannot be used when reference parameters are expected. ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() has to be used instead (passing references in the argument list).

See Also