Get string within protected object

Question

I am trying to get the the string \"this info\" inside this object lets call it $object, but data is protected, how can I access that pocket?

Answer 1

To retrieve a protected property you can use the ReflectionProperty interface.

The phptoolcase has a fancy method for this task:

public static function getProperty( $object , $propertyName )
        {
            if ( !$object ){ return null; }
            if ( is_string( $object ) ) // static property
            {
                if ( !class_exists( $object ) ){ return null; }
                $reflection = new \ReflectionProperty( $object , $propertyName );
                if ( !$reflection ){ return null; }
                $reflection->setAccessible( true );
                return $reflection->getValue( );
            }
            $class = new \ReflectionClass( $object );
            if ( !$class ){ return null; }
            if( !$class->hasProperty( $propertyName ) ) // check if property exists
            {
                trigger_error( 'Property "' . 
                    $propertyName . '" not found in class "' . 
                    get_class( $object ) . '"!' , E_USER_WARNING );
                return null;
            }
            $property = $class->getProperty( $propertyName );
            $property->setAccessible( true );
            return $property->getValue( $object );
        }


$value = PtcHandyMan::getProperty( $your_object , ‘propertyName’);

$value = PtcHandyMan::getProperty( ‘myCLassName’ , ‘propertyName’); // singleton