xakki/reflection-info

PHP - Reflection information from object

1.1 2025-08-14 14:35 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.0

Requires (Dev)

• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.86

MIT

• xakki

README

A PHP library for deep, recursive analysis of variables, objects, and classes using reflection. It provides a structured and detailed view of your data, making it ideal for debugging, logging, and serialization tasks.

Features

• Recursive Analysis: Traverses nested objects and arrays to build a complete data tree.
• Circular Reference Protection: Detects and handles recursion to prevent infinite loops.
• Depth Control: Allows you to set a maximum depth for the analysis to manage performance and output size.
• Detailed Class Information: Extracts class name, parent class, interfaces, traits, constants, file path, and doc comments.
• Comprehensive Property Details: Gathers property names, visibility, values, static status, and doc comments.
• In-depth Method Analysis: Retrieves method names, visibility, parameters (with types and default values), static/final/abstract status, and doc comments.
• Structured DTOs: Returns the analysis result as a clean and easy-to-navigate tree of Data Transfer Objects (DTOs).

Installation

Install the library using Composer:

composer require xakki/reflection-info

Usage

Using the library is straightforward. Instantiate the Analyzer and pass the variable you want to inspect to the analyze() method.

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Xakki\ReflectionInfo\Analyzer;
use Xakki\ReflectionInfo\ReflectionInfo;

class MyClass {
    private string $secret = 's3cr3t';
    public int $publicProp = 123;
    
    public function doSomething(string $param1, bool $param2 = true): void
    {
        // ...
    }
}

$myObject = new MyClass();

ReflectionInfo::renderObjectInfo($myObject);

License

This library is licensed under the MIT License.