(PHP 5, PHP 7)
ReflectionClass::getConstants — Gets constants
Gets defined constants from a class.
This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.
This function has no parameters.
An array of constants. Constant name in key, constant value in value.
If you want to return the constants defined inside a class then you can also define an internal method as follows:
<?php
class myClass {
const NONE = 0;
const REQUEST = 100;
const AUTH = 101;
// others...
static function getConstants() {
$oClass = new ReflectionClass(__CLASS__);
return $oClass->getConstants();
}
}
?>
I was trying to determine how to get a var_dump of constants that are within an interface. Thats right, not using any classes but the interface itself.
Along my travels I found it quite interesting that the ReflectionClass along with a direct call to the interface will also dump its constants. Perfect!!!!
This was using PHP 5.3.1 and my example as below:-
1st File:
constants.php
<?php
<?php>
interface MyConstants
{
// --------------------------
// Programmatic Level
// --------------------------
const DEBUG_MODE_ACTIVE = FALSE;
const PHP_VERSION_REQUIREMENT = "5.1.2";
}
?>
=======
Second file:
=======
test.php
<?php>
include_once ("constants.php");
$oClass = new ReflectionClass ('MyConstants');
$array = $oClass->getConstants ();
var_dump ($array);
unset ($oClass);
?>
what you would get from the command line:-
?:\???\htdocs\????>php test.php
array(2) {
["DEBUG_MODE_ACTIVE"]=> bool(false)
["PHP_VERSION_REQUIREMENT"]=> string(5) "5.1.2"
But as you can see this can work quite well to your advantage in many ways so I truely hope this helps someone else with a similar headache in the future to come!
Enjoy!
I use a functions to do somthing base on the class constant name as below. This example maybe helpful for everybody.
<?php
public function renderData($question_type = NULL, $data = array()) {
$types = array();
$qt = new ReflectionClass(questionType);
$types = $qt->getConstants();
if ($type = array_search($question_type, $types)){
//.....Do somthing
}
}
?>
