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<refentry xml:id="reflectionparameter.getclass" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ReflectionParameter::getClass</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get a <classname>ReflectionClass</classname> object for the parameter being reflected or &null;</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
   &warn.deprecated.function-8-0-0;
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <modifier>public</modifier> <type class="union"><type>ReflectionClass</type><type>null</type></type><methodname>ReflectionParameter::getClass</methodname>
   <void/>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Gets a <classname>ReflectionClass</classname> object for the parameter being reflected or &null;.
  </para>
  <para>
   As of PHP 8.0.0 this function is deprecated and not recommended. Instead, use
   <methodname>ReflectionParameter::getType</methodname> to get the <classname>ReflectionType</classname>
   of the parameter, then interrogate that object to determine the parameter type.
  </para>

  &warn.undocumented.func;

 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  &no.function.parameters;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   A <classname>ReflectionClass</classname> object, or &null; if no type is declared,
   or the declared type is not a class or interface.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Using the <classname>ReflectionParameter</classname> class</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
function foo(Exception $a) { }

$functionReflection = new ReflectionFunction('foo');
$parameters = $functionReflection->getParameters();
$aParameter = $parameters[0];

echo $aParameter->getClass()->name;
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><methodname>ReflectionParameter::getDeclaringClass</methodname></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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