Question

In Java you can send MyClass.class as a param and use get the entire class information.
What’s the equivalent in php?

I already knows about get_object_*, but I am looking for something more advanced.

Answer 1

PHP does not have class literals, so you are probably looking for the Reflection API then

PHP 5 comes with a complete reflection API that adds the ability to reverse-engineer classes, interfaces, functions, methods and extensions. Additionally, the reflection API offers ways to retrieve doc comments for functions, classes and methods.

Example (demo):

Reflection::export(new ReflectionClass('DateTime'));

There is also some functions that can give you information about a class with

• class_parents — Return the parent classes of the given class
• class_implements — Return the interfaces which are implemented by the given class
• various Classes and Object Functions