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ReflectionClass	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

ReflectionClass::getConstructor

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionClass::getConstructor — Gets the constructor of the class

public function ReflectionClass::getConstructor(): ?ReflectionMethod

Gets the constructor of the reflected class.

This function has no parameters.

A ReflectionMethod object reflecting the class' constructor, or null if the class has no constructor.

Example #1 Basic usage of ReflectionClass::getConstructor()

<?php
$class = new ReflectionClass('ReflectionClass');
$constructor = $class->getConstructor();
var_dump($constructor);
?>

The above example will output:

object(ReflectionMethod)#2 (2) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(11) "__construct"
  ["class"]=>
  string(15) "ReflectionClass"
}