PHP classkit_method_add function

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classkit_method_add

(PECL)

This function is
EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the
name of this function, and anything else documented about this
function may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
Use this function at your own risk.

The class to which this method will be added

The name of the method to add

Comma-delimited list of arguments for the newly-created method

The code to be evaluated when methodname
is called

The type of method to create, can be
CLASSKIT_ACC_PUBLIC,
CLASSKIT_ACC_PROTECTED or
CLASSKIT_ACC_PRIVATE

Note:
This parameter is only used as of PHP 5, because, prior to this,
all methods were public.

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example 1. classkit_method_add() example

class Example {
    function foo() {
        echo "foo!\n";
    }
}
 
// create an Example object
$e = new Example();
 
// Add a new public method
classkit_method_add(
    'Example',
    'add',
    '$num1, $num2',
    'return $num1 + $num2;',
    CLASSKIT_ACC_PUBLIC
);
 
// add 12 + 4
echo $e->add(12, 4);

The above example will output: