ReflectionParameter::getDefaultValue

Gets default parameter value

Description

public mixed ReflectionParameter::getDefaultValue ( void )

Gets the default value of the parameter for a user-defined function or method. If the parameter is not optional a ReflectionException will be thrown.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

The parameters default value.

Examples

Example #1 Getting

<?php
function foo($test$bar 'baz')
{
    echo 
$test $bar;
}

$function = new ReflectionFunction('foo');

foreach (
$function->getParameters() as $param) {
    echo 
'Name: ' $param->getName() . PHP_EOL;
    if (
$param->isOptional()) {
        echo 
'Default value: ' $param->getDefaultValue() . PHP_EOL;
    }
    echo 
PHP_EOL;
}
?>

The above example will output:

Name: test

Name: bar
Default value: baz

Notes

Note:

Due to implementation details, it is not possible to get the default value of built-in functions or methods of built-in classes. Trying to do this will result a ReflectionException being thrown.

See Also

  • ReflectionParameter::isOptional
  • ReflectionParameter::isPassedByReference