Reflection API for a file.

[thenewa2x]

Is there a way to use the reflection API without actually loading the class? Let's say I wanted to check the file's class. How would I go about doing this without actually "require()"ing a class? I do not want to include the class in any of the running scripts.

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[sleipnir214]

The class file must be included. If you don't want explicit include() or require() statements in your scripts, you might try playing around with the php.ini runtime configuration directive auto_prepend_file (link).

However, doing something like this degrades readability and thus maintainability. I strongly recommend that you explicitly use include() or require() -- six months from now when you look back at the code, you'll nearly certainly be glad you did.



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[thenewa2x]

ok thx.

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