--TEST-- ReflectionClass::newInstance() --CREDITS-- Robin Fernandes Steve Seear --FILE-- newInstance()); } catch (Throwable $e) { echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } try { var_dump($rcB->newInstance('x', 123)); } catch (Throwable $e) { echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } try { $rcC->newInstance(); echo "you should not see this\n"; } catch (Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } try { $rcD->newInstance(); echo "you should not see this\n"; } catch (Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } $e1 = $rcE->newInstance(); var_dump($e1); try { $e2 = $rcE->newInstance('x'); echo "you should not see this\n"; } catch (Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage() . "\n"; } ?> --EXPECTF-- Exception: Too few arguments to function B::__construct(), 0 passed and exactly 2 expected In constructor of class B with args x, 123 object(B)#%d (0) { } Access to non-public constructor of class C Access to non-public constructor of class D object(E)#%d (0) { } Class E does not have a constructor, so you cannot pass any constructor arguments