Get only declared methods of a class in PHP

Question

Hello I need to get only the methods declared in a class, and not the inherited methods. I need this for cakePHP. I am getting all the controllers, loading them and retrieving the methods from those controllers. But not only are the declared methods coming, but also the inherited ones.

Is there any method to get only declared methods.

Answer 1

From an architectural point of view, I think that reflection should be avoided if possible, but take a look at ReflectionClass->getMethods() if you think you know what you're doing.

<?php

class A {
    public function x() { }
    public function y() { }
}

class B extends A {
    public function a() { }
    public function b() { }
    public function x() { } // <-- defined here
}

$r = new ReflectionClass('B');
print_r($r->getMethods());

?>

You will get a list of methods defined by B and A, along with the class that last defined it. This is the output:

Array
(
    [0] => ReflectionMethod Object
        (
            [name] => a
            [class] => B
        )

    [1] => ReflectionMethod Object
        (
            [name] => b
            [class] => B
        )

    [2] => ReflectionMethod Object
        (
            [name] => x
            [class] => B
        )

    [3] => ReflectionMethod Object
        (
            [name] => y
            [class] => A
        )

)

Answer 2

You can do this (although a little more than "simple") with ReflectionClass

function getDeclaredMethods($className) {
    $reflector = new ReflectionClass($className);
    $methodNames = array();
    $lowerClassName = strtolower($className);
    foreach ($reflector->getMethods(ReflectionMethod::IS_PUBLIC) as $method) {
        if (strtolower($method->class) == $lowerClassName) {
            $methodNames[] = $method->name;
        }
    }
    return $methodNames;
}