The ReflectionMethod::isProtected() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return TRUE if the specified method is protected, otherwise returns FALSE.
Syntax:
bool ReflectionMethod::isProtected ( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE if the specified method is protected, otherwise returns FALSE.
Below programs illustrate the ReflectionMethod::isProtected() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Initializing a user-defined class class Company { protected function GFG() {} } // Using ReflectionMethod() over the class Company $A = new ReflectionMethod( 'Company' , 'GFG' ); // Calling the isProtected() function $B = $A ->isProtected(); // Getting the value TRUE if the specified // method is protected, otherwise FALSE. var_dump( $B ); ?> |
bool(true)
Program 2:
<?php // Initializing some user-defined classes class Department1 { public function hr( $name ) { return 'HR' . $name ; } } class Department2 { protected function Coding() {} } class Department3 { function marketing(){} } // Using ReflectionMethod() over the above classes $A = new ReflectionMethod( 'Department1' , 'hR' ); $B = new ReflectionMethod( 'Department2' , 'Coding' ); $C = new ReflectionMethod( 'Department3' , 'marketing' ); // Calling the isProtected() function and // getting the value TRUE if the specified // method is protected, otherwise FALSE. var_dump( $A ->isProtected()); var_dump( $B ->isProtected()); var_dump( $C ->isProtected()); ?> |
Output:
bool(false) bool(true) bool(false)
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionmethod.isprotected.php