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    ReflectionClass::getStaticPropertyValue

    (PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

    ReflectionClass::getStaticPropertyValue — Gets static property value

    Description

    public mixed ReflectionClass::getStaticPropertyValue ( string $name [, mixed &$def_value ] )

    Gets the value of a static property on this class.

    Parameters

    name

    The name of the static property for which to return a value.

    def_value

    A default value to return in case the class does not declare a static property with the given name. If the property does not exist and this argument is omitted, a ReflectionException is thrown.

    Return Values

    The value of the static property.

    Examples

    Example #1 Basic usage of ReflectionClass::getStaticPropertyValue()

    <?php
    class Apple {
        public static     $color = 'Red';
    }

    $class = new ReflectionClass('Apple');
    var_dump($class->getStaticPropertyValue('color'));
    ?>

    The above example will output:

    string(3) "Red"

    See Also

    User Contributed Notes

    Antares
    4 years ago
    It seems this method has a security level different from the getStaticProperties method.

    If you make two classes A and B looking like

    <?php
    class A{
            protected static     $static_var='foo';

            public function     getStatic(){
                   $class=new ReflectionClass($this);
               return     $class->getStaticPropertyValue('static_var');
            }

            public function     getStatic2(){
                    $class=new ReflectionClass($this);
                    $staticProps=$class->getStaticProperties();
                return     $staticProps['static_var'];
            }

            public function     __construct(){
                  echo     $this->getStatic2();
                  echo     $this->getStatic();
            }
    }

    class     B extends A{
            protected static     $static_var='foo2';

    }
    ?>

    Then the output will be an exception for the getStatic() call, when the getStatic2() will correctly return 'foo2';
    Mauro Gabriel Titimoli
    6 years ago
    If you want to change a static property of a variable class...

    PHP 5.2
    <?php
    $reflection     = new ReflectionClass($className);
    $staticPropertyReference = & $reflection->getStaticPropertyValue($staticPropertyName);

    $staticPropertyReference = 'new value';
    ?>

    PHP 5.3
    <?php
    $className    ::$$classProperty
    ?>
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