The ReflectionMethod::isAbstract() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return TRUE if the specified method is abstract, otherwise FALSE.
Syntax:
bool ReflectionMethod::isAbstract ( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameter.
Return Value: This function returns TRUE if the specified method is abstract, otherwise FALSE.
Below programs illustrate the ReflectionMethod::isAbstract() function in PHP:
Program_1:
<?php // Initializing a user-defined abstract class abstract class Company { abstract function GFG(); } // Using ReflectionMethod() over the class Company $A = new ReflectionMethod( 'Company' , 'GFG' ); // Calling the isAbstract() function $B = $A ->isAbstract(); // Getting the value TRUE if the specified // method is abstract, otherwise FALSE. var_dump( $B ); ?> |
Output:
bool(true)
Program_2:
<?php // Initializing some user-defined classes class Department1 { public function hr( $name ) { return 'HR' . $name ; } } class Department2 { public function coding( $name ) { return 'Coding' . $name ; } } abstract class Department3 { abstract 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 isAbstract() function and // getting the value TRUE if the specified // method is abstract, otherwise FALSE. var_dump( $A ->isAbstract()); var_dump( $B ->isAbstract()); var_dump( $C ->isAbstract()); ?> |
Output:
bool(false) bool(false) bool(true)
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionmethod.isabstract.php