A reflect() Function For Quick Reflection in PHP

The Reflection API is the perfect way to reverse engineer and inspect php objects and functions. I have written a function to quickly pass params to the Reflection API and get things done.

Here’s the source codes:

<?php

function reflect($data,$return = false) {
    $string = "\n \nReflecting: {$data} \n";
    $string .= "\n====================\n";
    if(is_object($data)) {
        $string .= Reflection::export( new ReflectionClass($data), true );
        $string .= "\n====================\n";
    } else {
        if(function_exists($data)) {
            $string .= Reflection::export( new ReflectionFunction($data), true );
            $string .= "\n====================\n";
        }
    }

    if($return) {
        return $string;
    } else {
        echo $string;
    }

}
?>

<?php

function reflect($data,$return = false) {

$string = "\n \nReflecting: {$data} \n";

$string .= "\n====================\n";

if(is_object($data)) {

$string .= Reflection::export( new ReflectionClass($data), true );

$string .= "\n====================\n";

} else {

if(function_exists($data)) {

$string .= Reflection::export( new ReflectionFunction($data), true );

$string .= "\n====================\n";

}

if($return) {

return $string;

} else {

echo $string;

}

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