Getting default value of property using php reflection

Question

I'm looking for a way to access the default value assignment for a property without instantiating the class.

E.g.

class Foo {
   private $bar = 'bar';
}

$reflClass = new ReflectionClass('Foo');
$reflProp = $reflClass->getProperty('bar');

Now what? If I use $reflProp->getValue() (without an object argument) it will fail.

István Ujj-Mészáros · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-19 16:06:06Z

9

var_dump($reflClass->getDefaultProperties());

answered Dec 19, 2010 at 16:06

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+1 Very, very nice. I can hear the reflection API screaming to be documented.