Online PHP editor | refs for 2BZRg

<?php function &readPrivate($object, $k, $context = null) { if (null === $context) { $context = $object; } $closure = function & () use ($k) { return $this->$k; }; $binding = Closure::bind( $closure, $object, $context); $value = & $binding->__invoke(); return $value; } class B { private $xb = 'xb_b'; private $x = 'xb'; public $z = 'zb'; } class C extends B { private $x = 'xc'; private $y = 'yc'; public $z = 'zc'; } $c = new C; var_dump(readPrivate($c, 'x')); var_dump(readPrivate($c, 'x', B::class)); var_dump(readPrivate($c, 'x', ReflectionClass::class));