ReflectionMethod::setAccessible

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionMethod::setAccessibleSet method accessibility

Description

public ReflectionMethod::setAccessible(bool $accessible): void

Enables invoking of a protected or private method via the ReflectionMethod::invoke() method.

Note: As of PHP 8.1.0, calling this method has no effect; all methods are invokable by default.

Parameters

accessible

true to allow accessibility, or false.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 Simple Class definition

<?phpclass MyClass{    private function foo()    {        return 'bar';    }}$method = new ReflectionMethod("MyClass", "foo");$method->setAccessible(true);$obj = new MyClass();echo $method->invoke($obj);echo $obj->foo();?>

The above example will output something similar to:

bar
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to private method MyClass::foo() from global scope in /in/qdaZS:16

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