Reflection API in PHP - Abu Ashraf Masnun

The reflection API works in a similar way of Python’s dir() function. The API provides a rich set of classes to reverse engineer classes, methods, parameters and functions.

Suppose, we want to explore and reverse engineer a class, then use the following code:

<?php
Reflection::export(new ReflectionClass("Class_Name"));
?>

<?php

Reflection::export(new ReflectionClass("Class_Name"));

For example:

<?php
Reflection::export(new ReflectionClass("ZipArchive"));
?>

<?php

Reflection::export(new ReflectionClass("ZipArchive"));

Outputs:

Class [ <internal:zip> class ZipArchive ] {

  - Constants [43] {
    Constant [ integer CREATE ] { 1 }
    Constant [ integer EXCL ] { 2 }
    Constant [ integer CHECKCONS ] { 4 }
    Constant [ integer OVERWRITE ] { 8 }
    Constant [ integer FL_NOCASE ] { 1 }
    Constant [ integer FL_NODIR ] { 2 }
    Constant [ integer FL_COMPRESSED ] { 4 }
    Constant [ integer FL_UNCHANGED ] { 8 }
    Constant [ integer CM_DEFAULT ] { -1 }
    Constant [ integer CM_STORE ] { 0 }
    Constant [ integer CM_SHRINK ] { 1 }
    Constant [ integer CM_REDUCE_1 ] { 2 }
    Constant [ integer CM_REDUCE_2 ] { 3 }
    Constant [ integer CM_REDUCE_3 ] { 4 }
    Constant [ integer CM_REDUCE_4 ] { 5 }
    Constant [ integer CM_IMPLODE ] { 6 }
    Constant [ integer CM_DEFLATE ] { 8 }
    Constant [ integer CM_DEFLATE64 ] { 9 }
    Constant [ integer CM_PKWARE_IMPLODE ] { 10 }
    Constant [ integer ER_OK ] { 0 }
    Constant [ integer ER_MULTIDISK ] { 1 }
    Constant [ integer ER_RENAME ] { 2 }
    Constant [ integer ER_CLOSE ] { 3 }
    Constant [ integer ER_SEEK ] { 4 }
    Constant [ integer ER_READ ] { 5 }
    Constant [ integer ER_WRITE ] { 6 }
    Constant [ integer ER_CRC ] { 7 }
    Constant [ integer ER_ZIPCLOSED ] { 8 }
    Constant [ integer ER_NOENT ] { 9 }
    Constant [ integer ER_EXISTS ] { 10 }
    Constant [ integer ER_OPEN ] { 11 }
    Constant [ integer ER_TMPOPEN ] { 12 }
    Constant [ integer ER_ZLIB ] { 13 }
    Constant [ integer ER_MEMORY ] { 14 }
    Constant [ integer ER_CHANGED ] { 15 }
    Constant [ integer ER_COMPNOTSUPP ] { 16 }
    Constant [ integer ER_EOF ] { 17 }
    Constant [ integer ER_INVAL ] { 18 }
    Constant [ integer ER_NOZIP ] { 19 }
    Constant [ integer ER_INTERNAL ] { 20 }
    Constant [ integer ER_INCONS ] { 21 }
    Constant [ integer ER_REMOVE ] { 22 }
    Constant [ integer ER_DELETED ] { 23 }
  }

  - Static properties [0] {
  }

  - Static methods [0] {
  }

  - Properties [0] {
  }

  - Methods [27] {
    Method [ <internal:zip> public method open ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method close ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method addEmptyDir ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method addFromString ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method addFile ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method renameIndex ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method renameName ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method setArchiveComment ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method getArchiveComment ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method setCommentIndex ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method setCommentName ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method getCommentIndex ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method getCommentName ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method deleteIndex ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method deleteName ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method statName ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method statIndex ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method locateName ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method getNameIndex ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method unchangeArchive ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method unchangeAll ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method unchangeIndex ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method unchangeName ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method extractTo ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method getFromName ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method getFromIndex ] {
    }

    Method [ <internal:zip> public method getStream ] {
    }
  }
}

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Class [ <internal:zip> class ZipArchive ] {

- Constants [43] {

Constant [ integer CREATE ] { 1 }

Constant [ integer EXCL ] { 2 }

Constant [ integer CHECKCONS ] { 4 }

Constant [ integer OVERWRITE ] { 8 }

Constant [ integer FL_NOCASE ] { 1 }

Constant [ integer FL_NODIR ] { 2 }

Constant [ integer FL_COMPRESSED ] { 4 }

Constant [ integer FL_UNCHANGED ] { 8 }

Constant [ integer CM_DEFAULT ] { -1 }

Constant [ integer CM_STORE ] { 0 }

Constant [ integer CM_SHRINK ] { 1 }

Constant [ integer CM_REDUCE_1 ] { 2 }

Constant [ integer CM_REDUCE_2 ] { 3 }

Constant [ integer CM_REDUCE_3 ] { 4 }

Constant [ integer CM_REDUCE_4 ] { 5 }

Constant [ integer CM_IMPLODE ] { 6 }

Constant [ integer CM_DEFLATE ] { 8 }

Constant [ integer CM_DEFLATE64 ] { 9 }

Constant [ integer CM_PKWARE_IMPLODE ] { 10 }

Constant [ integer ER_OK ] { 0 }

Constant [ integer ER_MULTIDISK ] { 1 }

Constant [ integer ER_RENAME ] { 2 }

Constant [ integer ER_CLOSE ] { 3 }

Constant [ integer ER_SEEK ] { 4 }

Constant [ integer ER_READ ] { 5 }

Constant [ integer ER_WRITE ] { 6 }

Constant [ integer ER_CRC ] { 7 }

Constant [ integer ER_ZIPCLOSED ] { 8 }

Constant [ integer ER_NOENT ] { 9 }

Constant [ integer ER_EXISTS ] { 10 }

Constant [ integer ER_OPEN ] { 11 }

Constant [ integer ER_TMPOPEN ] { 12 }

Constant [ integer ER_ZLIB ] { 13 }

Constant [ integer ER_MEMORY ] { 14 }

Constant [ integer ER_CHANGED ] { 15 }

Constant [ integer ER_COMPNOTSUPP ] { 16 }

Constant [ integer ER_EOF ] { 17 }

Constant [ integer ER_INVAL ] { 18 }

Constant [ integer ER_NOZIP ] { 19 }

Constant [ integer ER_INTERNAL ] { 20 }

Constant [ integer ER_INCONS ] { 21 }

Constant [ integer ER_REMOVE ] { 22 }

Constant [ integer ER_DELETED ] { 23 }

}

- Static properties [0] {

}

- Static methods [0] {

}

- Properties [0] {

}

- Methods [27] {

Method [ <internal:zip> public method open ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method close ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method addEmptyDir ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method addFromString ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method addFile ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method renameIndex ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method renameName ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method setArchiveComment ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method getArchiveComment ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method setCommentIndex ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method setCommentName ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method getCommentIndex ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method getCommentName ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method deleteIndex ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method deleteName ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method statName ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method statIndex ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method locateName ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method getNameIndex ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method unchangeArchive ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method unchangeAll ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method unchangeIndex ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method unchangeName ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method extractTo ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method getFromName ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method getFromIndex ] {

}

Method [ <internal:zip> public method getStream ] {

}

Cool, isn’t it? I loved it ! Thanks to Hasin Hayder for referring me to this API.

Read more at: http://www.php.net/language.oop5.reflection 😉

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