PHP - print all properties of an object

Question

I have an unknown object in php page    How can I print echo it  so I can see what properties values do it have   What about functions  Is there any way to know what functions an object have

User · Answer

As no one has not provided an OO approach yet here is like it would be done.

class Person {
    public $name = 'Alex Super Tramp';

    public $age = 100;

    private $property = 'property';
}


$r = new ReflectionClass(new Person);
print_r($r->getProperties());

//Outputs
Array
(
    [0] => ReflectionProperty Object
        (
            [name] => name
            [class] => Person
        )

    [1] => ReflectionProperty Object
        (
            [name] => age
            [class] => Person
        )

    [2] => ReflectionProperty Object
        (
            [name] => property
            [class] => Person
        )

)

The advantage when using reflection is that you can filter by visibility of property, like this:

print_r($r->getProperties(ReflectionProperty::IS_PRIVATE));

Since Person::$property is private it's returned when filtering by IS_PRIVATE:

//Outputs
Array
(
    [0] => ReflectionProperty Object
        (
            [name] => property
            [class] => Person
        )

)

Read the docs!

User · Answer

To get more information use this custom TO  someObject  function  I wrote this simple function which not only displays the methods of a given object  but also shows its properties  encapsulation and some other useful information like release notes if given  function TO  object     Test Object                 if  is object  object                        throw new Exception  quot This is not a Object quot                         return                                    if class exists get class  object   true   echo  quot  lt pre gt CLASS NAME    quot  get class  object                    reflection   new ReflectionClass get class  object                    echo  quot  lt br   gt  quot                   echo  reflection- gt getDocComment                     echo  quot  lt br   gt  quot                     metody    reflection- gt getMethods                    foreach  metody as  key   gt   value                       echo  quot  lt br   gt  quot    value                                     echo  quot  lt br   gt  quot                     vars    reflection- gt getProperties                    foreach  vars as  key   gt   value                       echo  quot  lt br   gt  quot    value                                    echo  quot  lt  pre gt  quot                  To show you how it works I will create now some random example class  Lets create class called Person and lets place some release notes just above the class declaration                         DocNotes -  This is description of this class if given else it will display false                     class Person              private  name              private  dob              private  height              private  weight              private static  num               function   construct  dbo   height   weight   name                     this- gt dob    dbo                   this- gt height    integer  height                   this- gt weight    integer  weight                   this- gt name    name                  self   num                               public function eat  var  quot  quot    sar  quot  quot                    echo  var                            public function potrzeba  var   quot  quot                    return  var                           Now lets create a instance of a Person and wrap it with our function       Wictor   new Person  quot 27 04 1987 quot   170  70   quot Wictor quot        TO  Wictor    This will output information about the class name  parameters and methods including encapsulation information and the number of parameters  names of parameters for each method  method location and lines of code where it exists  See the output below  CLASS NAME   Person                    DocNotes -  This is description of this class if given else it will display false                  Method    public method   construct          C  xampp htdocs www kurs php zaawansowany index php 75 - 82    - Parameters  4        Parameter  0     dbo       Parameter  1     height       Parameter  2     weight       Parameter  3     name          Method    public method eat          C  xampp htdocs www kurs php zaawansowany index php 83 - 85    - Parameters  2        Parameter  0     var            Parameter  1     sar               Method    public method potrzeba          C  xampp htdocs www kurs php zaawansowany index php 86 - 88    - Parameters  1        Parameter  0     var                Property    private  name    Property    private  dob    Property    private  height    Property    private  weight    Property   private static  num

User · Answer

for knowing the object properties var dump object  is the best way  It will show all public  private and protected properties associated with it without knowing the class name   But in case of methods  you need to know the class name else i think it s difficult to get all associated methods of the object

User · Answer

try using Pretty Dump it works great for me

User · Answer

lt  php var dump obj    gt    or    lt  php print r obj    gt    These are the same things you use for arrays too   These will show protected and private properties of objects with PHP 5  Static class members will not be shown according to the manual   If you want to know the member methods you can use get class methods      class methods   get class methods  myclass       or  class methods   get class methods new myclass     foreach   class methods as  method name         echo   method name lt br  gt        Related stuff   get object vars    get class vars    get class    lt -- for the name of the instance

User · Answer

var dump  obj      If you want more info you can use a ReflectionClass   http   www phpro org manual language oop5 reflection html

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