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ReflectionClass::getConstant

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

ReflectionClass::getConstantGets defined constant

Description

public mixed ReflectionClass::getConstant ( string $name )

Gets the defined constant.

Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Parameters

name

Name of the constant.

Return Values

Value of the constant.

See Also

User Contributed Notes

Bhimsen
3 years ago
The "getconstant" method can be used to get the value associated with a constant
of a particular class that you are examining.
The following code snippet shows this:

<?php
   
class Test{
        const
ONE = "Number one";
        const
TWO = "Number two";
    }
   
   
$obj = new ReflectionClass( "Test" );
    echo
$obj->getconstant( "ONE" )."\n";
    echo
$obj->getconstant( "TWO" )."\n";
   
?>

output:
Number one
Number two
aurelien dot tisserand at wavesoftware dot ch
2 years ago
If the $name constant doesn't exist in the targetted class the function returns bool(false), not empty nor null but false (you to test with "==="

$constFounded = false ;
$this->currentlangClass = new ReflectionClass($langFile);
$this->currentlangClass->getConstant($constant);
if($myConst !== false){
              $constFounded = true ;
}
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