If the $name constant doesn't exist in the targetted class the function returns bool(false), not empty nor null but false (you to test with "==="
$constFounded = false ;
$this->currentlangClass = new ReflectionClass($langFile);
$this->currentlangClass->getConstant($constant);
if($myConst !== false){
$constFounded = true ;
}
ReflectionClass::getConstant
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ReflectionClass::getConstant — Gets defined constant
Parameters
-
name -
The name of the class constant to get.
Return Values
Value of the constant with the name name.
Returns false if the constant was not found in the class.
Examples
Example #1 Usage of ReflectionClass::getConstant()
<?php
class Example {
const C1 = false;
const C2 = 'I am a constant';
}
$reflection = new ReflectionClass('Example');
var_dump($reflection->getConstant('C1'));
var_dump($reflection->getConstant('C2'));
var_dump($reflection->getConstant('C3'));
?>The above example will output:
bool(false) string(15) "I am a constant" bool(false)
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aurelien dot tisserand at wavesoftware dot ch ¶
11 years ago
Bhimsen ¶
12 years ago
The "getconstant" method can be used to get the value associated with a constant
of a particular class that you are examining.
The following code snippet shows this:
<?php
class Test{
const ONE = "Number one";
const TWO = "Number two";
}
$obj = new ReflectionClass( "Test" );
echo $obj->getconstant( "ONE" )."\n";
echo $obj->getconstant( "TWO" )."\n";
?>
output:
Number one
Number two
