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brick/reflection
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Low-level tools to extend PHP reflection capabilities

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Brick\\Reflection
=================

[](#brickreflection)

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A collection of low-level tools to extend PHP reflection capabilities.

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

This library is installable via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require brick/reflection
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This library requires PHP 8.1 or later.

Project status & release process
------------------------------------

[](#project-status--release-process)

This library is still under development.

The current releases are numbered `0.x.y`. When a non-breaking change is introduced (adding new methods, optimizing existing code, etc.), `y` is incremented.

**When a breaking change is introduced, a new `0.x` version cycle is always started.**

It is therefore safe to lock your project to a given release cycle, such as `0.7.*`.

If you need to upgrade to a newer release cycle, check the [release history](https://github.com/brick/reflection/releases)for a list of changes introduced by each further `0.x.0` version.

Documentation
=============

[](#documentation)

Here is a brief overview of the classes in this package.

ReflectionTools
---------------

[](#reflectiontools)

This class is a collection of tools that build on top of PHP's reflection classes to provide additional functionality.

Just create an instance of `ReflectionTools` and you can use the following methods:

- `getClassMethods()` returns reflections of all the non-static methods that make up one object, including private methods of parent classes.
- `getClassProperties()` returns reflections of all the non-static properties that make up one object, including private properties of parent classes.
- `getClassHierarchy()` returns the hierarchy of classes, starting from the first ancestor and ending with the class itself.
- `getReflectionFunction()` returns a reflection object for any callable.
- `getFunctionName()` returns a meaningful name for the given function, including the class name if it is a method.
- `exportFunctionSignature()` exports a function's signature, such as `public function foo(string $bar): int`.

ImportResolver
--------------

[](#importresolver)

ImportResolver resolves class names to their fully qualified name, taking into account the current namespace and `use` statements of the PHP file they were used in.

This is particularly useful for parsing annotations such as `@param ClassName $foo`, where the FQCN of ClassName depends on the file it appears in, for example:

```