--TEST-- ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() further errors --FILE-- prop\n"; var_dump($this); return "Return Val"; } public static function staticMethod() { echo "Called staticMethod()\n"; try { var_dump($this); } catch (Throwable $e) { echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } } private static function privateMethod() { echo "Called privateMethod()\n"; } } abstract class AbstractClass { abstract function foo(); } $testClassInstance = new TestClass(); $testClassInstance->prop = "Hello"; $foo = new ReflectionMethod($testClassInstance, 'foo'); $staticMethod = new ReflectionMethod('TestClass::staticMethod'); $privateMethod = new ReflectionMethod("TestClass::privateMethod"); echo "\nNon-instance:\n"; try { var_dump($foo->invokeArgs(new stdClass(), array())); } catch (ReflectionException $e) { var_dump($e->getMessage()); } echo "\nStatic method:\n"; var_dump($staticMethod->invokeArgs(null, array())); echo "\nPrivate method:\n"; var_dump($privateMethod->invokeArgs($testClassInstance, array())); echo "\nAbstract method:\n"; $abstractMethod = new ReflectionMethod("AbstractClass::foo"); try { $abstractMethod->invokeArgs($testClassInstance, array()); } catch (ReflectionException $e) { var_dump($e->getMessage()); } try { $abstractMethod->invokeArgs(true); } catch (ReflectionException $e) { var_dump($e->getMessage()); } ?> --EXPECT-- Non-instance: string(72) "Given object is not an instance of the class this method was declared in" Static method: Called staticMethod() Exception: Using $this when not in object context NULL Private method: Called privateMethod() NULL Abstract method: string(53) "Trying to invoke abstract method AbstractClass::foo()" string(53) "Trying to invoke abstract method AbstractClass::foo()"