--TEST-- ReflectionMethod::invoke() errors --FILE-- prop\n"; var_dump($this); return "Return Val"; } private static function privateMethod() { echo "Called privateMethod()\n"; } } abstract class AbstractClass { abstract function foo(); } $foo = new ReflectionMethod('TestClass', 'foo'); $privateMethod = new ReflectionMethod("TestClass::privateMethod"); $testClassInstance = new TestClass(); $testClassInstance->prop = "Hello"; echo "invoke() on a non-object:\n"; try { var_dump($foo->invoke(true)); } catch (ReflectionException $e) { var_dump($e->getMessage()); } echo "\ninvoke() on a non-instance:\n"; try { var_dump($foo->invoke(new stdClass())); } catch (ReflectionException $e) { var_dump($e->getMessage()); } echo "\nPrivate method:\n"; try { var_dump($privateMethod->invoke($testClassInstance)); } catch (ReflectionException $e) { var_dump($e->getMessage()); } echo "\nAbstract method:\n"; $abstractMethod = new ReflectionMethod("AbstractClass::foo"); try { $abstractMethod->invoke(true); } catch (ReflectionException $e) { var_dump($e->getMessage()); } ?> --EXPECTF-- invoke() on a non-object: Warning: ReflectionMethod::invoke() expects parameter 1 to be object, boolean given in %s%eReflectionMethod_invoke_error1.php on line %d NULL invoke() on a non-instance: string(72) "Given object is not an instance of the class this method was declared in" Private method: string(86) "Trying to invoke private method TestClass::privateMethod() from scope ReflectionMethod" Abstract method: string(53) "Trying to invoke abstract method AbstractClass::foo()"