get_class_vars

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

get_class_vars -- Get the default properties of the class

Description

array get_class_vars ( string class_name )

Get the default properties of the given class.

Parameters

class_name: The class name

Return Values

Returns an associative array of default public properties of the class. The resulting array elements are in the form of varname => value.

ChangeLog

Version	Description
Prior to 4.2.0	Uninitialized class variables will not be reported by get_class_vars()

Examples

Example 1. get_class_vars() example


<?php

class myclass {

    var $var1; // this has no default value...
    var $var2 = "xyz";
    var $var3 = 100;
    private $var4; // PHP 5

    // constructor
    function myclass() {
        // change some properties
        $this->var1 = "foo";
        $this->var2 = "bar";
        return true;
    }

}

$my_class = new myclass();

$class_vars = get_class_vars(get_class($my_class));

foreach ($class_vars as $name => $value) {
    echo "$name : $value\n";
}

?>

The above example will output:

// Before PHP 4.2.0
var2 : xyz
var3 : 100

// As of PHP 4.2.0
var1 :
var2 : xyz
var3 : 100

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