Getting static property from a class with dynamic class name in PHP

Question

I have this:

• one string variable which holds the class name ($classname)
• one string variable with holds the property name ($propert

Answer 1

You can use ReflectionClass:

class foo
{
    private static $bar = "something";
}

$class = "foo";
$reflector = new ReflectionClass($class);
$static_vars = $reflector->getStaticProperties();
var_dump($static_vars["bar"]);