The ReflectionClass::getParentClass() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the specified parent class or false if there is no parent class is present.
Syntax:
ReflectionClass ReflectionClass::getParentClass ( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns the specified parent class or false if there is no parent class is present.
Below programs illustrate the ReflectionClass::getParentClass() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php    // Defining a class named as College class College {            // Defining a protected property     protected $College_Name = 'IIT Delhi'; }    // Defining a sub class Departments of the // base class College class Departments extends College {     public $Dept1 = 'CSE';     private $Dept2 = 'ECE';     public static $Dept3 = 'EE'; }    // Using ReflectionClass over sub class Departments $ReflectionClass = new ReflectionClass('Departments');    // Getting the name of the parent class var_dump($ReflectionClass->getParentClass()); ?> |
Output:
object(ReflectionClass)#2 (1) {
["name"]=>
string(7) "College"
}
Program 2:
<?php    // Defining a class named as College class College {            // Defining a protected property     protected $College_Name = 'IIT Delhi'; }    // Using ReflectionClass over the class College $ReflectionClass = new ReflectionClass('College');    // Getting the name of the parent class var_dump($ReflectionClass->getParentClass()); ?> |
Output:
bool(false)
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/reflectionclass.getparentclass.php
