get_class_methods

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

get_class_methods -- Returns an array of class methods' names

Description

array get_class_methods (string class_name)

This function returns an array of method names defined for the class specified by class_name.

Note: As of PHP 4.0.6, you can specify the object itself instead of class_name. For example:

$class_methods = get_class_methods($my_class);

Example 1. get_class_methods() example

<?php

class myclass {
    // constructor
    function myclass() {
        return(true);
    }
    
    // method 1
    function myfunc1() {
        return(true);
    }

    // method 2
    function myfunc2() {
        return(true);
    }
}

$my_class = new myclass();

$class_methods = get_class_methods(get_class($my_class));

foreach ($class_methods as $method_name) {
    echo "$method_name\n";
}

?>

Will produce:

myclass
myfunc1
myfunc2

See also get_class_vars(), get_object_vars()