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# get_class_methods

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

get_class_methods — Gets the class methods' names

### Description

array get_class_methods ( mixed `$class_name` )

Gets the class methods names.

### Parameters

`class_name`

  The class name or an object instance

### Return Values

Returns an array of method names defined for the class specified by `class_name`. In case of an error, it returns `NULL`.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.0.0 | As of PHP 5, this function returns the name of the methods as they were declared (case-sensitive). In PHP 4 they were lowercased.
4.0.6 | The ability of specifying the object itself has been added.

### Examples

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);
}
}
$class_methods = get_class_methods('myclass');
// or
$class_methods = get_class_methods(new myclass());
foreach ($class_methods as $method_name) {
echo "$method_name\n";
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    myclass
    myfunc1
    myfunc2

### See Also

- get_class() - Returns the name of the class of an object
- get_class_vars() - Get the default properties of the class
- get_object_vars() - Gets the properties of the given object

get_called_class
get_class_vars
Classes/Object Functions
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