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ReflectionClass	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

ReflectionClass::getExtension

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionClass::getExtension — Gets a ReflectionExtension object for the extension which defined the class

public function ReflectionClass::getExtension(): ?ReflectionExtension

Gets a ReflectionExtension object for the extension which defined the class.

This function has no parameters.

A ReflectionExtension object representing the extension which defined the class, or null for user-defined classes.

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

<?php
$class = new ReflectionClass('ReflectionClass');
$extension = $class->getExtension();
var_dump($extension);
?>

The above example will output:

object(ReflectionExtension)#2 (1) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(10) "Reflection"
}