Predefined Classes

    This section lists standard predefined classes. Miscellaneous extensions define other classes which are described in their reference.

    Standard Defined Classes

    These classes are defined in the standard set of functions included in the PHP build.

    Directory
    Created by dir().
    stdClass
    A generic empty class created as a result of typecasting to object or various standard functions.
    __PHP_Incomplete_Class
    Possibly created by unserialize().
    Exception
    ErrorException
    php_user_filter
    Closure
    The predefined final class Closure is used for representing anonymous functions.
    Generator
    The predefined final class Generator is used for representing generators.
    ArithmeticError
    AssertionError
    DivisionByZeroError
    Error
    Throwable
    ParseError
    TypeError

    Special classes

    Following identifiers may not be used as a class name as they have special purpose.

    self
    Current class.
    static
    Current class in runtime.
    parent
    Parent class.

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    wyattstorch42 at outlook dot com
    10 years ago
    If you call var_export() on an instance of stdClass, it attempts to export it using ::__set_state(), which, for some reason, is not implemented in stdClass.

    However, casting an associative array to an object usually produces the same effect (at least, it does in my case). So I wrote an improved_var_export() function to convert instances of stdClass to (object) array () calls. If you choose to export objects of any other class, I'd advise you to implement ::__set_state().

    <?php
    /**
    * An implementation of var_export() that is compatible with instances
    * of stdClass.
    * @param mixed $variable The variable you want to export
    * @param bool $return If used and set to true, improved_var_export()
    * will return the variable representation instead of outputting it.
    * @return mixed|null Returns the variable representation when the
    * return parameter is used and evaluates to TRUE. Otherwise, this
    * function will return NULL.
    */
    function improved_var_export ($variable, $return = false) {
    if (    $variable instanceof stdClass) {
    $result = '(object) '.improved_var_export(get_object_vars($variable), true);
    } else if (    is_array($variable)) {
    $array = array ();
    foreach (    $variable as $key => $value) {
    $array[] = var_export($key, true).' => '.improved_var_export($value, true);
    }
    $result = 'array ('.implode(', ', $array).')';
    } else {
    $result = var_export($variable, true);
    }

    if (!    $return) {
    print     $result;
    return     null;
    } else {
    return     $result;
    }
    }

    // Example usage:
    $obj = new stdClass;
    $obj->test = 'abc';
    $obj->other = 6.2;
    $obj->arr = array (1, 2, 3);

    improved_var_export((object) array (
    'prop1' => true,
    'prop2' => $obj,
    'assocArray' => array (
    'apple' => 'good',
    'orange' => 'great'
    )
    ));

    /* Output:
    (object) array ('prop1' => true, 'prop2' => (object) array ('test' => 'abc', 'other' => 6.2, 'arr' => array (0 => 1, 1 => 2, 2 => 3)), 'assocArray' => array ('apple' => 'good', 'orange' => 'great'))
    */
    ?>

    Note: This function spits out a single line of code, which is useful to save in a cache file to include/eval. It isn't formatted for readability. If you want to print a readable version for debugging purposes, then I would suggest print_r() or var_dump().
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    spark at limao dot com dot br
    13 years ago
    if you want a Dynamic class you can extend from, add atributes AND methods on the fly you can use this:
    <?php
    class Dynamic extends stdClass{
    public function     __call($key,$params){
    if(!isset(    $this->{$key})) throw new Exception("Call to undefined method ".get_class($this)."::".$key."()");
    $subject = $this->{$key};
    call_user_func_array($subject,$params);
    }
    }
    ?>

    this will accept both arrays, strings and Closures:
    <?php
    $dynamic    ->myMethod = "thatFunction";
    $dynamic->hisMethod = array($instance,"aMethod");
    $dynamic->newMethod = array(SomeClass,"staticMethod");
    $dynamic->anotherMethod = function(){
    echo     "Hey there";
    };
    ?>

    then call them away =D
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    xzero at elite7hackers dot net
    6 years ago
    There comes improved version of amazing snippet posted by (spark at limao dot com dot br) which allows dynamic methods generations and works as versatile extension of StdClass:

    This one is faster, optimised for closures, and will work only with closures. Compatible: >= PHP 5.6
    <?php

    class Dynamic extends \stdClass
    {
    public function     __call($key, $params)
    {
    if ( ! isset(    $this->{$key})) {
    throw new     Exception("Call to undefined method " . __CLASS__ . "::" . $key . "()");
    }

    return     $this->{$key}->__invoke(... $params);
    }
    }

    ?>

    Usage examples:

    <?php
    $dynamic     = new Dynamic();
    $dynamic->anotherMethod = function () {
    echo     "Hey there";
    };
    $dynamic->randomInt = function ($min, $max) {
    return     mt_rand($min, $max); // random_int($min, $max); // <-- PHP7+
    };

    var_dump(
    $dynamic->randomInt(1, 11),
    $dynamic->anotherMethod()
    );
    ?>

    This will accept arrays, strings and Closures but is a bit slower due to call_user_func_array
    <?php

    class Dynamic extends \stdClass
    {
    public function     __call($key, $params)
    {
    if ( ! isset(    $this->{$key})) {
    throw new     Exception("Call to undefined method " . __CLASS__ . "::" . $key . "()");
    }

    return     call_user_func_array($this->{$key}, $params);
    }
    }

    ?>

    Usage examples:
    <?php
    $dynamic     = new Dynamic();
    $dynamic->myMethod = "thatFunction";
    $dynamic->hisMethod = array($dynamic, "randomInt");
    $dynamic->newMethod = array(SomeClass, "staticMethod");
    $dynamic->anotherMethod = function () {
    echo     "Hey there";
    };
    $dynamic->randomInt = function ($min, $max) {
    return     mt_rand($min, $max); // random_int($min, $max); // <-- PHP7+
    };

    var_dump(
    $dynamic->randomInt(1, 11),
    $dynamic->anotherMethod(),
    $dynamic->hisMethod()
    );

    ?>
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    5
    unknown
    22 years ago
    It's handy to have a array of the reserved classes.....
    var_dump (get_declared_classes ());
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    2
    Ashley Dambra
    10 years ago
    Here a simple class that allow to set anonymous function. It's an optimised class of stdClass.

    <?php
    class stdObject {
    public function     __construct(array $arguments = array()) {
    if (!empty(    $arguments)) {
    foreach (    $arguments as $property => $argument) {
    if (    $argument instanceOf Closure) {
    $this->{$property} = $argument;
    } else {
    $this->{$property} = $argument;
    }
    }
    }
    }

    public function     __call($method, $arguments) {
    if (isset(    $this->{$method}) && is_callable($this->{$method})) {
    return     call_user_func_array($this->{$method}, $arguments);
    } else {
    throw new     Exception("Fatal error: Call to undefined method stdObject::{$method}()");
    }
    }
    }

    $person = new stdObject(array(
    "name" => "nick",
    "age" => 23,
    "friends" => array("frank", "sally", "aaron"),
    "sayHi" => function() {
    return     "Hello there";
    }
    ));

    $person->sayHi2 = function() {
    return     "Hello there 2";
    };

    $person->test = function() {
    return     "test";
    };

    var_dump($person->name, $person->test(), $person->sayHi2());
    ?>
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    xzero at elite7hackers dot net
    6 years ago
    There comes improved version of amazing snippet posted by which allows dynamic methods generations and works as versatile extension of StdClass:

    This one is faster, optimised for closures, and will work only with closures. Compatible: >= PHP 5.6
    <?php

    class Dynamic extends \stdClass
    {
    public function     __call($key, $params)
    {
    if ( ! isset(    $this->{$key})) {
    throw new     Exception("Call to undefined method " . __CLASS__ . "::" . $key . "()");
    }

    return     $this->{$key}->__invoke(... $params);
    }
    }

    ?>

    Usage examples:

    <?php
    $dynamic     = new Dynamic();
    $dynamic->anotherMethod = function () {
    echo     "Hey there";
    };
    $dynamic->randomInt = function ($min, $max) {
    return     mt_rand($min, $max); // random_int($min, $max); // <-- PHP7+
    };

    var_dump(
    $dynamic->randomInt(1, 11),
    $dynamic->anotherMethod()
    );
    ?>

    This will accept arrays, strings and Closures but is a bit slower due to call_user_func_array
    <?php

    class Dynamic extends \stdClass
    {
    public function     __call($key, $params)
    {
    if ( ! isset(    $this->{$key})) {
    throw new     Exception("Call to undefined method " . __CLASS__ . "::" . $key . "()");
    }

    return     call_user_func_array($this->{$key}, $params);
    }
    }

    ?>

    Usage examples:
    <?php
    $dynamic     = new Dynamic();
    $dynamic->myMethod = "thatFunction";
    $dynamic->hisMethod = array($dynamic, "randomInt");
    $dynamic->newMethod = array(SomeClass, "staticMethod");
    $dynamic->anotherMethod = function () {
    echo     "Hey there";
    };
    $dynamic->randomInt = function ($min, $max) {
    return     mt_rand($min, $max); // random_int($min, $max); // <-- PHP7+
    };

    var_dump(
    $dynamic->randomInt(1, 11),
    $dynamic->anotherMethod(),
    $dynamic->hisMethod()
    );

    ?>
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    Typer85 at gmail dot com
    17 years ago
    In response to the note below mine,

    This list is not incomplete. Read the Manual folks, its listed there plain and simple:

    "This section lists standard predefined classes. Miscellaneous extensions define other classes which are described in their reference."

    Depending on what extensions you have, they might define their own classes. This list is just the standard classes as defined by PHP with no regards to extensions.
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